Big Brother villain Daniel Hayes reveals he’s being trolled by ‘some high profile people’ – and now he’s threatening to name and shame them
Daniel Hayes is arguably one of the most controversial housemates to appear on this year’s season of Big Brother Australia.
But on Wednesday night, the 48-year-old real estate agent revealed he has become the victim of online trolling.
Uploading a video to his Instagram story, Daniel said high profile people have been sending him hateful messages and he finds it ‘really sad’.
Not impressed! Big Brother villain Daniel Hayes revealed he’s being trolled by ‘some high profile influencers’ on Wednesday night – and he’s threatening to name and shame them
In the footage, Daniel admits he is having a blast on Big Brother, before revealing the dark side that comes with reality TV.
‘I’ve been trolled a lot, including by some pretty high profile people. I won’t name them, but they’re pretty sort of high profile and it’s really sad, he says in the video.
Daniel explains that he finds the hypocrisy of some of the influencers sending him hate quite amusing.
‘I really find it, the hypocrisy of some of these high profile people – how they talk about mental health issues and how they’re being trolled themselves yet they’re out there trolling other people – it’s quite amusing really,’ he said.
Game on! On Wednesday night, the 48-year-old real estate agent revealed he has become the victim of online trolling
Daniel concluded his post, warning his trolls: ‘If you troll me, I’m going to screenshot it and I’m going to post it online.’
‘I’ve got 30,000 followers, including my YouTube channel. So good luck with your trolling and hopefully you’ll stop it.’
Daniel’s post was quickly inundated with comments of support by his fellow housemates.
Support: Daniel’s post was quickly inundated with comments of support by his fellow housemates. Mary Kalifatidis wrote: ‘We know. It’s just a game, we lived it, before adding: ‘Viewers don’t see everything we do and go through’
Mary Kalifatidis wrote: ‘We know. It’s just a game, we lived it, before adding: ‘Viewers don’t see everything we do and go through.’
‘We had so much fun playing the Big Brother game and that is all it was. A game. No need to troll.’
Tilly Whitfield who also appears on the series, described Daniel ‘like a puppy, scary on the inside [sic] but a really cute little nice man on the inside.’
‘Well said mate, well said!’ wrote Marley Biyendolo, while sheep farmer Melissa “Mel” McGorman cheekily urged fellow housemate Nick Benton to ‘stop trolling’ Daniel.
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