Influencer Amy Castano cops fierce backlash after she tagged an ‘insensitive’ dance with #anzacday
Glamorous Influencer Police React To ‘Insensitive’ Anzac Day TikTok Dance – Before Offering Bizarre Apology
- Amy Castano angers TikTok followers
- Posted clip of her own Anzac Day dance
A glamorous influencer has received a fierce backlash after posting a video of her doing a daring dance to music from an Anzac Day parade.
Amy Castano, a gym owner and beauty influencer, posted the clip of herself in her apartment dancing to a marching band at the memorial parade in Sydney.
Castano smiled as she danced to the music, waving her hands and closing her eyes.
The clip contained the words, “Anzac Day living in the city.” The caption read: #anzacday.
Gym owner and beauty influencer Amy Castano posted a clip of her awkwardly dancing to the highly skilled drumming of a marching band during the Sydney Anzac Day parade
Castano posted the awkwardness to her combined audience of nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram
Castano posted it to her combined audience of nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram.
She wrote on Instagram: “I look forward to this every year.”
The marching band played A Long Way to Tipperary, a song closely associated with World War I as soldiers used it to keep track of time as they went into battle.
The reaction to Castano’s clip was swift and brutal on TikTok.
“Wow very insensitive and rude. No wonder you don’t get any views as an ‘influencer’, one woman wrote.
“Have some respect,” another wrote.
Undeterred, Castano posted a statement to the clip after being slammed.
Castano claimed her dancing was her way of participating in the Anzac Day parade
“I could see the parade from my window and I joined in, as did everyone else who was there.”
Castano lives in Sydney CBD, overlooking Hyde Park where the parade ended and a memorial service was held next to The Pool of Remembrance at the Anzac War Memorial.
She also posted a video of her training with footballer boyfriend Aaron Evans, claiming she was ‘locked in’ due to Anzac Day activities nearby.
Daily Mail Australia approached Castano for comment.