'It’s gone too far now': Irish influencer Annalivia Hynds pleads with fans to respect her privacy
Irish influencer Annalivia Hynds and her fiancé Ruari McGivern posted on social media urging followers to stop calling to their house and taking videos of their kids. Picture: Annalivia Hynds/Instagram.
Irish influencer Annalivia Hynds has urged followers to stop showing up at her house and to respect her family’s privacy following a string of encounters that have "gone too far".
The beauty and lifestyle creator and her fiancé, Ruari McGivern, posted a video to social media platforms on Sunday, revealing that a video had been shared online showing the “whole layout” of their estate.
In the video, Hynds spoke about the serious issue whereby fans and strangers have been showing up at her home, recording her and her family without permission, and following them in public.
“This is not something that I actually wanted to ever bring to social media, but the things that have happened in the last couple of weeks just leave me no other choice. I hate being a negative person or talking about negative things but I feel like I have no other choice. In the most respectful way, I’m so appreciative of everyone that follows me, everyone on here. I would not have this job without you all, but I need to put some boundaries in place. Recently, we have had so many people coming to our house — coming to our house, knocking on the door and asking for photos."
“I’ve never refused a photo to anyone in my life but when it comes to my house, there has to be a line.”
Giving context to the story, Hynd's partner, McGiven, said: “So this started a while ago. And there was an individual who put a video on social media from the top of our road, recorded the whole layout of our estate and how to get to our house, and it was uploaded to social media.
“That night in question, I was at football, and a male shouted a threat through the window on Annalivia, basically saying ‘Annalivia, I’m gonna kick your fu**ing’.
“Since then, people, probably harmless individuals, have been calling, just looking for photos and stuff, which like we feel like a few times you’ve been happy enough to do, but it’s just gone too far now.”
Hynds said that while she is never going to be rude to people who follow her and support her, she is concerned that it has been happening so often and at her house.
McGivern said that their kids have become anxious about the influx of unknown visitors and shared examples of instances of people taking pictures of their eldest daughter being collected from school.
“You do 'meet and greets' for people to meet you. Our house isn’t a 24-hour meet and greet. And this isn’t me being cheeky, this is just… this is our home. This is supposed to be our safe space,” McGiven said in the video.
As a result of these incidents, the couple said they have been forced to look for a new home and have been in contact with a CCTV company to protect their current space.
“If you see me out and about, I will always be so kind, but just not when it comes to my house,” Hynds said.
She went on to note the effects the situation is having on her neighbours, who she said are “starting to get anxious” following a string of instances of cars passing down the street and videoing their home.
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