Tammy Hembrow has been called out after making an ‘insensitive pregnancy announcement’.
The fitness influencer, 30, got to work on it TikTok to post a video of her showing a fake positive pregnancy test.
The creator of the TammyFit App then revealed a “baby bump” that turned out to be her eight-year-old son Wolf under her shirt.
The boy wiggled around a bit and then she ruffled his hair and laughed.
The influencer captioned the prank video, “I can’t wait to meet my little angel.”
Although the clip has been viewed more than three million times, many people were unimpressed.
Tammy Hembrow has been criticized after making an ‘insensitive pregnancy announcement’
The fitness influencer, 30, took to TikTok to post a video of herself showing off a positive pregnancy test
Fans took to the comments to criticize the fitness guru, with some calling the joke “extremely insensitive” and “a kick in the guts.”
“This is so distasteful, Tammy. You don’t joke about pregnancy. It’s hurtful and disgusting,” one commenter wrote.
“To many women this is actually mean,” wrote another, while a third said: “You don’t joke about pregnancy.”
The creator of the TammyFit app then revealed a ‘baby bump’ that turned out to be her eight-year-old son Wolf under her shirt
Although the clip has been viewed more than three million times, many people were unimpressed
Another user with fertility issues described the video as ‘hurtful’.
“I’m currently struggling with infertility, and this trend is painful, even if it’s a joke. I unfollow people who do it,” they wrote.
But some other commenters sided with Tammy.
“Can the world please lighten up and make a joke? The politically correct police are everywhere,” one defender wrote.
Another said: ‘Seriously, have some resilience! She really shouldn’t be considering all the people with trauma related to different things.”
Tammy’s coming marry Matt Zukowski later this monthbut the couple will have no children of their own.
The Love Island Australia star, 28, has been quite open about being infertile.
‘I’m not ashamed of it. I’m not ashamed of it… obviously it’s going to become common knowledge now that I’m, you know, shooting blanks and stuff like that,” Matt told the Back to Reality podcast last year.
Tammy has been engaged twice before, the first time to influencer Reece Hawkins, whom she shares her son Wolf and daughter Saskia with.
In November 2021, the fitness guru arrived became engaged to restaurateur and former Ironman Matt Poole. The couple split in December 2022 and share daughter Posy, two.