‘The things I work on are worthy of doing!’ Rylan Clark-Neal slams influencers for ‘lording it up on the beach’ in Dubai after facing backlash for ‘work trips’
Rylan Clark-Neal has criticised influencers for ‘lording it up on the beach’ in Dubai after they faced backlash for escaping England’s coronavirus lockdowns on ‘business trips’.
In a new interview, the presenter, 32, hit out at reality stars for flaunting their time in the United Arab Emirates on social media under the ruse their holidays are for ‘essential work.’
The former X Factor star said: ‘The things I work on are worthy of doing. I’m not going to Dubai on a plane and taking photos in my bikini.’
‘The things I work on are worthy of doing!’ Rylan Clark-Neal has criticised influencers for ‘lording it up on the beach’ in Dubai amid the coronavirus pandemic
Admitting he ‘can’t believe’ how lucrative working in the hotspot has been amid the global crisis, Big Brother host Rylan added to The Sun: ‘I’m actually going to work and hosting programmes like Ready Steady Cook and showing people how to cook a meal for under a fiver, which is handy right now.
‘But I just feel at a time when there are a lot of things going on, seeing pictures of people getting on a plane going to a foreign country and lording it up on the beach for work purposes — well, I can’t believe how much work there seems to be!’
Influencers boasting of sunshine foreign breaks amid the global pandemic faced a furious public backlash after they were criticised by the Home Secretary.
‘A lot is going on’: In a new interview, the presenter, 32, hit out at reality stars for flaunting their time in the UAE under the ruse their holidays are for ‘essential work’ (Gabby Allen pictured)
Priti Patel hit out at reality TV stars for bragging about their holidays and people ‘turning up with their skis at St Pancras Station’, adding, ‘Going on holiday is not an exemption.’
As they shared photos from sun loungers, lockdown had appeared not to apply to so-called influencers and models who ‘used loop-holes’ to jet off the sunnier climes under the guise of work.
But foreign travel – apart from some exceptions – has been illegal since the lockdown law was passed on January 5.
There was also confusion over what would constitute an acceptable journey abroad and who would police the policy.
At the end of January, the UK Government added the United Arab Emirates to the so-called red list of countries from where travel to Britain is prohibited during the coronavirus pandemic.
The ban came as the country saw a surge in coronavirus cases after throwing its doors open to sun-seekers in the New Year.
Criticism: Influencers boasting of sunshine foreign breaks amid the global pandemic faced a furious public backlash after they were criticised by the Home Secretary (pictured last month)
While many countries shut down travel from Britain after the UK variant was blamed for an exponential growth in cases in Kent and elsewhere, Dubai kept its doors open.
But cases have climbed alarmingly for weeks, with deaths also rising to their highest level since the spring, forcing some new restrictions on gyms and bars.
The rise in cases caused alarm and the UK first struck the UAE off its travel corridor list and then imposed an outright ban in the last week of January.
The ban means anyone arriving home from the UAE will have to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for 10 days.
