Martha Kalifatidis reveals ‘sad’ reason she’s disappeared from fans

Martha Kalifatidis has shared the “sad” reason she’s stepped back from sharing more “organic” life updates on social media.

Martha Kalifatidis has shared the “sad” reason she’s stepped back from sharing more “organic” life updates on social media.

The former Married At First Sight contestant, who parlayed her exposure from the show into a successful career as a fashion and beauty influencer, has amassed a following of more than 700,000 followers on Instagram.

Since welcoming her first child, son Lucius, with fiance Michael Brunelli in February, however, Kalifatidis said she now worried about sharing things her audience might misconstrue.

“[Michael] said, ‘You never post organic raw stuff, your real life. Everything is so curated and you don’t post the way you used to’,” the 35-year-old said in a video on Wednesday night.

The observation, Kalifatidis admitted, “struck a chord” with her because it was “true”.

Martha Kalifatidis has shared the 'sad' reason she’s stepped back from sharing more 'organic' life updates on social media. Picture: Instagram

‘It’s kind of sad, because I miss this place and I miss talking to you guys … It does break my heart a little bit.’ Picture: Instagram

“It’s kind of sad, because I miss this place and I miss talking to you guys … It does break my heart a little bit,” she said.

“I also feel like … no one cares now that I’m a mum? ‘No one cares about you, shut up and be a mum’ – is that the dumbest mentality? I feel like it is. [But] it’s just what I think.”

Kalifatidis pointed out that she “would never say that about my friends” who are also parents.

“And yet I say that about myself. We are f**ked up as a human species. Why are we so horrible about ourselves? I’m going deep, I’m unpacking – I needed this,” she said.

“All I want to talk about is my baby. Does anyone care? Probably not as many people as I think.”

She ended the update by vowing to start sharing more candid posts again in the future.

It’s not the first time the formerly very public influencer has touched on changing her approach when it comes to social media.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in May, Kalifatidis said that while “babies really do bring out the best in people”, she’d been careful about sharing with fans how she and Brunelli were choosing to raise their son.

“I’ve just stayed really quiet about the way I’ve chosen to do things and my opinions when it comes to parenting,” she said.

‘All I want to talk about is my baby. Does anyone care? Probably not as many people as I think.’ Picture: Instagram

“The parenting and mum community online is such an intense place – it can be amazing, helpful and relatable, but God forbid you do something different to the next person – within hours you can have thousands of people commenting and reprimanding you, which would be so overwhelming for a new mum.

“While I haven’t experienced it first hand, I’ve seen mums online go through it and it’s the reason I’ve chosen to stay quiet this time.

“In saying all that, I’ve gotten very used to people commenting on everything I do, be it good or bad.

“But when it comes to Lucius, I think Michael and I both have been really good at ignoring the scary, sad, and scolding messages and just enjoying our beautiful boy.”