Former TOWIE star Joey Turner hit again at followers who expressed concern at his new slimmed down look on Saturday.
The fact star, 21, – who left The Solely Means Is Essex 5 months in the past sparked fear amongst his followers with slender modelling pictures captioned with the phrase ‘heroin’.
Joey confronted the blacklash and stated he was ‘not a job mannequin’ in addition to sharing a snap of Kirsten Dunst dressed as Marie Antoinette with the caption: ‘allow them to eat cake.’
‘I’m not your position mannequin’: Former TOWIE star Joey Turner hit again at followers who expressed concern at his new slimmed down look on Saturday
What is going on on? The fact star sparked fear amongst his followers along with his slender snaps captioned with the phrase ‘heroin’
In a seperate assertion, Joey defended his modelling photographs and stated: ‘I’m not your position mannequin.
‘If I am sincere I am not phased by the feedback, I simply need those that are about me to know I am okay.
‘I do not care concerning the feedback just because it is exhausting to take care of the opinions of those that know nothing about me, my food regimen, my metabolism or my medical historical past with my weight.
‘I am a 20-year-old scholar, I am not on TV. I am a scholar like some other and I’m not your position mannequin, so in order for you somebody to look as much as I counsel placing another person on a pedestal as a result of I’m not him.’
Fame: Joey solely left The Solely Means Is Essex 5 months in the past (pictured in September 2019)
Response: Seemingly in reference to the uproar, Joey posted a snap of Kirsten Dunst dressed as Marie Antoinette to his Instagram story with the caption: ‘allow them to eat cake’
In one of many black and white snaps, Joey wore ripped tights, a crop high and socks and gazed on the digicam.
In others, he perched on a wall, sporting snakeskin trousers and a tiger print high, earlier than slipping right into a black costume, accessorising with a cross chain and balaclava masks.
He had a slimmer look to his TV appearances final yr, and one apprehensive fan commented: ‘The extra you put up the extra involved I get’
One other stated: ‘TOWIE associates please examine he’s okay.’
Photoshoot: In one of many black and white snaps, Joey wore ripped tights, a crop high and socks and gazed on the digicam
A 3rd wrote: ‘Very very unhappy.’
A consultant for Joey and ITV have been contacted by MailOnline for a remark.
In his assertion launched upon leaving the present he wrote: ‘After two and a half years of being on the present, I’ve determined to take a step again and create a brand new path for myself.
‘I began the present once I was 17 years previous after being approached by producers asking if I used to be excited by being on TV.
Slim: In one other snap Joey perched on a wall, sporting snakeskin trousers and a tiger print high
Daring look: He then slipped right into a black costume, accessorising with a cross chain and balaclava masks
Weight: Joey had begun to look slimmer earlier this yr (pictured filming TOWIE in April 2021)
‘Like some other 17-year-old would have achieved, I stated sure and so I stop finding out and began filming.
‘Regardless that I used to be principally a toddler once I began I’ve had essentially the most enjoyable expertise and made so many wonderful associates.
‘I’m extremely grateful for your entire expertise and now it is time for the following chapter.’
Star: Joey turned a agency favorite on TOWIE after becoming a member of with a wave of recent forged members in 2019 (pictured in 2019)
Joey was emotional in his closing scenes aired as he instructed co-star Chloe Brockett he was going again into schooling.
‘I am leaving Essex,’ he stated. ‘I’ve utilized to Manchester unis to check trend design.’
Joey turned a agency favorite on TOWIE after becoming a member of with a wave of recent forged members in 2019.
New route: After leaving TOWIE Joey utilized to school in Manchester to check trend
Change: In his assertion launched upon leaving the present he wrote: ‘After two and a half years of being on the present, I’ve determined to take a step again and create a brand new path for myself’ (pictured with Gemma Collins in 2019)
It comes after again in March Joey revealed he was mugged at knifepoint.
He took to Instagram the place he revealed a thug ‘drove into him’ on a motorcycle and confirmed him a knife earlier than threatening that he had a ‘machete’.
Talking on his Instagram tales, Joey described his ordeal as a ‘gross expertise’ and insisted that issues could be ‘changed’. It has been stated that his telephone was stolen.
Shock: It comes after again in March Joey revealed he was mugged at knifepoint
Revealing his stunning expertise, he wrote: ‘Simply received mugged in Finsbury Park, glad Saturday,’
He then reassured his followers that he was high-quality as he later wrote: ‘I am OK. Issues could be changed but it surely was only a gross expertise.
‘He drove into me on his bike after which began threatening me, exhibiting me a knife in his pocket and saying he had a machete.’
After receiving many messages of help from his followers, he then uploaded a selfie of himself as he stated: ‘Thanks everybody to your messages.
I am not checking DMs proper now as a result of I’ve nervousness and do not need to be on my telephone. Thanks all, ily.’
MailOnline contacted representatives of Joey for remark on the time.
Joey joined the forged of the ITVBe present again in 2019, alongside the likes of Chloe Brockett, Ella Smart and Harry Lee.
Trauma: Talking on his Instagram tales, Joey described his ordeal as a ‘gross expertise’ and insisted that issues could be ‘changed’. It has been stated that his telephone was stolen
