{"id":278555,"date":"2025-11-11T22:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278555\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:23:16","slug":"afl-star-toby-pinks-wife-chloe-pink-reveals-they-considered-hiring-a-private-investigator-to-unmask-trolls-after-backlash-over-her-appearance-in-their-wedding-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278555\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL star Toby Pink&#8217;s wife Chloe Pink reveals they considered hiring a private investigator to unmask trolls after backlash over her appearance in their wedding photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/afl\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"AFL star\">AFL star<\/a> Toby Pink&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/chloe-pink-wedding-photos-trolling-afl-star-toby-pink-wife-interview-exclusive\/e759d837-8e64-47ad-ba5d-9242e4109696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\" wife Chloe Pink\">wife Chloe Pink<\/a> has spoken out about being the target of cruel trolls over the couple&#8217;s wedding day photos.<\/p>\n<p>The influencer, 25, \ufeffrevealed the pair once considered hiring a private investigator to unmask the trolls after copping such vile abuse about her appearance online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My husband and I spoke about it. We really wanted to hire a private investigator to figure out who these people are and make them accountable,&#8221; Chloe said during an appearance on Today on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>W\ufeffatch the video above.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/00a4ef25-5588-4578-b4bc-5b69928bfe66.jpeg\"  alt=\"Chloe Pink and Toby Pink.\"\/>AFL star Toby Pink&#8217;s wife Chloe Pink reveals they considered hiring a private investigator to unmask trolls. (Instagram\/@chloepink__)<\/p>\n<p>But after some deliberation, the couple later decided to let it go. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I once found out who one of my trolls was, and I realised I don&#8217;t want to know and I don&#8217;t need to know,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it hurts more knowing that there is a face to that troll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t need to consume my energy on focusing on who it is trolling me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/royals\/meghan-markle-netflix-christmas-holiday-special-with-love-meghan-release-date\/09a34dad-5dc5-4d81-ada1-abd772f5b0c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Meghan announces return to hosting duties but future of her show remains up in the air\">Meghan announces return to hosting duties but future of her show remains up in the air<\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/royals\/princess-beatrice-visits-hospital-gave-birth-athena-charity-borne-prince-andrew-scandal\/c0e8a905-7dce-40f0-9cc6-4b6cd670e4d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Princess Beatrice emerges in London weeks after Andrew&#039;s royal exile\ufeff\">Princess Beatrice emerges in London weeks after Andrew&#8217;s royal exile\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/royals\/prince-william-kate-middleton-cancer-tell-children-everything-prince-george-mobile-phone\/f3e089f8-5164-42de-aef7-43d983c606f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"William and Kate tell their children &#039;everything&#039; about her cancer battle\">William and Kate tell their children &#8216;everything&#8217; about her cancer battle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/637e8933-d5cc-4a73-9890-c373dc2e1584.jpeg\"  alt=\"Chloe Pink\"\/>&#8220;I think it hurts more knowing that there is a face to that troll,&#8221; she said.  (Nine\/Today)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/chloe-pink-wedding-photos-trolling-afl-star-toby-pink-wife-interview-exclusive\/e759d837-8e64-47ad-ba5d-9242e4109696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Chloe previously told nine.com.au \ufeffabout the trolling and vile backlash to her wedding day photographs,\">Chloe previously told nine.com.au \ufeffabout the trolling and vile backlash to her wedding day photographs,<\/a> with their big day being held in March.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe posted their special wedding photographs online, and vile troll comments criticising her appearance soon appeared underneath it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one can take away the day, but at the same time, we feel as though it has been overshadowed by the negative commentary around the wedding day and also the way that I look,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that I look at our photos&#8230; all I think about them is &#8216;Oh, that one was used in that news article and that&#8217;s what this person said about this one&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ea15db1b-f97a-4e95-84e0-5e1186821684.png\"  alt=\"Chloe Pink and Toby Pink.\"\/>Chloe previously told nine.com.au \ufeffabout the trolling and vile backlash to her wedding photographs. (Instagram\/@chloepink__)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To me they&#8217;re just photos now&#8230; when I look at them, all I can think about is the negative things attached to it.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you get married, post-wedding everyone is congratulating you, and you&#8217;re in a honeymoon love bubble. Whereas ours was, &#8216;Oh my God, I&#8217;m so, so sorry,'&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a bad thing, it&#8217;s people being kind, but it&#8217;s almost like a grievance, like a negative thing, because of the negative comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s taken away to conversations you&#8217;d normally have about your wedding.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>For a daily dose of 9honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=honey\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b4880b26-24ae-42b9-85a0-7b03e20890c0.jpeg\"  alt=\"Chloe Pink \"\/>Chloe has hit back at the trolls on her social media and has become a body positvity advocate. (Instagram\/@chloepink__)<\/p>\n<p>Chloe, who is seeing a psychologist to help her through this time, said about the trolls: &#8220;These people can&#8217;t stand seeing women happy or confident or even just loved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can&#8217;t stand that Toby could love me because I have a bigger body shape, they can&#8217;t grasp that, and it&#8217;s easy for them to pick me apart rather than deal with their own insecurities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/2023\/11\/27\/10\/46\/australian-sporting-power-couples-photos-how-they-met\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ae07c87c-27bd-4b81-bc38-3f42e8fbc10c.jpeg\"  alt=\"Australia's sporting power couples\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From swimming to soccer: The &#8216;power couples&#8217; of Aussie sport<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Chloe has hit back at the trolls on her social media and has become a body positvity advocate, standing up for women everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like this is where I&#8217;m meant to be, everything happens for a reason and it happened to me because I am the right person to advocate for it [body positivity],&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. 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