Gold Coast businessman Jay Ingram’s war on taken GC girls who flirt with him
A Gold Coast businessman is super-imposing himself into couple photos and publishing them online. Find out why
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A NEWLY-single Gold Coast car dealership owner is going to extreme lengths to expose “already taken” women sliding into his DMs on social media.
Jay Ingram, 33, also known as mr.play.official on Instagram, says he was “shocked” that a number of women he had been talking and flirting with on social media were “already in committed relationships”.
The owner of luxury car dealership Auto Direct Group at Molendinar - single for six months after a 12-year relationship - says he’s taken an honesty vow and is moving to expose them.
On Wednesday, Mr Ingram posted a shock video to his social media saying he was going to expose the women by photoshopping himself into couples photos and posting them to his public profile.
“You know what I realised over Christmas break? When a lot of you females were posting stories with your mans (sic) underneath the Christmas tree in your matching pyjamas and all this couple goals s**t, you were actually in my inbox, at the same time and for a couple of months” Ingram said in the video.
“And it’s not just one or two (women), it’s like – a lot.
“One of my New Year’s resolutions is that I’m going to be honest about stuff so on my next story, I’m going to name all of you. Stay tuned.”
Ingram then posted a story saying: “If ya got a man and you message me shady s**t. Ima (sic) photoshop myself into your couple photos and post them”.
The following stories showed Ingram photoshopped into a number of couples photos.
One photo shows Ingram perched on the edge of a cliff with a couple, with the caption “us on holiday”.
Another shows Ingram putting his hands on a woman’s stomach in front of a Mercedes G-Class wagon, with the woman’s partner on the other side.
Another is an awkward three-way cuddle in front of the Sydney Opera House with the caption “us being tourists”.
Ingram told the Bulletin he grew up in a Gisborne, a small town on the North Island of New Zealand where “everyone knew each other’s business”.
“If you did something wrong there, everyone knew. On the Gold Coast you can get away with alot of s**t without being called out,” Ingram said.
“I was actually raised with morals.”
He says the posts about the “already taken” women were “lighthearted” but “legit”.
“Infidelity is not a fun thing to happen to anyone,” he said.
Ingram says he is navigating the tricky waters of single life after a 12-year relationship.
“Last time I was single I didn’t have an iPhone and Tinder didn’t exist.”
Mr Ingram, also a self-styled entrepreneur, says he is launching a new lifestyle brand in 2023.
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