Lady Victoria Hervey is embroiled in a race storm after an image of a defaced statue was posted on her Instagram account with the caption ‘F*** BLM’
- Former It Girl has faced backlash led by Team GB heptathlon star Louise Hazel
- Lady V quickly took the post down and claimed her Instagram had been hacked
- Ms Hazel then shared screenshots of private messages with her 57,000 followers
Model Lady Victoria Hervey has found herself at the centre of a race storm after she posted a picture on her Instagram account of a defaced statue with the caption ‘F*** BLM’.
The former It Girl, who is the eldest child of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and his third wife Yvonne, Marchioness of Bristol, has faced backlash, led by Team GB heptathlon star Louise Hazel, amid the Black Lives Matter protests.
But Lady Hervey insists the explosive comment is the result of her account being hacked.
Model Lady Victoria Hervey has come under fire after a picture of a defaced statue was shared on her Instagram page with the caption ‘F*** BLM’
The photograph featured a 130-year-old statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, which has become a focal point for anti-racism protesters in recent weeks.
The caption on Lady V’s Insta page read: ‘Don’t ever tell me this is acceptable behaviour. F*** BLM.’
The former Christian Dior model was quick to take down the post but not before an exchange of private messages with Commonwealth gold medal-winner Louise, who then shared the conversation with her 57,000 followers.
In the exchange, Louise said: ‘Statues can be replaced – lives can’t.’
Commonwealth gold medal-winner Louise led the backlash Lady V received
Louise Hazel shared her private message exchanges with Lady V with her 57,000 followers on Instagram
The 43-year-old socialite, who now lives in Los Angeles, protested with: ‘Honey I got hacked!!! Would never have put that up. It said f*** BLM? Crazy.’
Sharing the messages on her Instagram account, Louise said: ‘Deeply saddened that I had to unfollow @ladyvictoriahervey this morning because apparently this statue is more important than black lives.
‘This post is not for the purpose of public humiliation but to highlight the fact that racism doesn’t always look like a cop with a knee in the back of your neck.
‘Sometimes it looks like this… You’re entitled. You’re entitled to your opinion, but you’re not entitled to call me your friend.’
To further emphasise her claim that Lady V is racist, Louise posted a screenshot of the model’s Facebook page which stated people should hail Breonna Taylor, a medical worker who was shot dead at her home in Louisville, Kentucky, a hero as opposed to George Floyd.
The heptathlete posted again later that day with a screenshot of the model’s Facebook page
Louise captioned the picture: ‘This one has been ‘hacked’ for the entire month of June it would appear…. In reality this goes back way further than 2020… been ‘hacked’ since the 6th October 1976.’
So far, Lady V, who once dated Prince Andrew, has refused to publicly lay the blame on hackers and has instead blocked people from commenting on her Instagram account because of the abuse she was receiving.
Her spokesman said: ‘She was hacked and because she did not write this, she did not feel there was any reason to write a statement [saying she had been hacked]. Victoria is a supporter of Black Lives Matter and her friends know that.’