EXCLUSIVE: Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton defends her 6,000km of ‘essential travel’ around Australia amid COVID-19 restrictions
Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton has defended her frequent domestic flights between Adelaide and Melbourne during the coronavirus pandemic.
Since March 21, the law graduate turned influencer, 26, has flown almost 6,000km on four round trips – but she insists they are all ‘essential travel’.
Stacey told Daily Mail Australia she has been following the government’s advice on business trips and self-isolating in hotels during any downtime.
Work trips? Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton has defended her frequent domestic flights from Adelaide to Melbourne during the coronavirus pandemic. Pictured on April 14
‘I’ve been travelling to Melbourne for my charity and I also do essential service work for a transport company every second week,’ Stacey said on Tuesday.
‘I’m only travelling to and from business locations, otherwise I’m isolating in my hotel until I return. I do the legal and accounts for the transport company [in Melbourne].’
The mother-of-two supposedly has ‘clearance’ to travel for work during the COVID-19 pandemic, as millions of Australians stay at home to help flatten the curve.
Working mum: Since March 21, the law graduate turned influencer has flown almost 6,000km on four round trips – but she insists they are all ‘essential travel. Pictured at Crown Melbourne
Brains and beauty: Stacey is currently setting up a postnatal depression charity in Melbourne, and also does ‘essential service work’ for a transport company there every second week
Stacey, who lives in Adelaide with her two son, Kosta and Kruz, was pictured in Melbourne on March 21, returning to her luxury Crown Towers suite.
She was then spotted shopping for a Mercedes in the Victorian capital on April 4.
On April 14, she was photographed strolling around Port Melbourne joined by a male friend and a personal security guard.
On Monday, Stacey made the 750km journey from Adelaide to Melbourne yet again, which means she will have travelled 6,000km in five weeks once she returns.
Working away! The mum-of-two previously shared this picture to Instagram isolating inside her luxury Crown Towers suite in Melbourne at the start of April
Daily exercise: The blonde was spotted strolling around Port Melbourne on April 14, where she was joined by a male friend and personal security guard
Stacey announced on Saturday she was launching a nonprofit postnatal depression charity called Not Alone, Always Here Inc., based in Melbourne.
She said of the new venture: ‘I have started my own charity. It’s for postnatal depression. It’s to target people who don’t understand the symptoms, they don’t understand what they’re enduring and going through.’
Stacey, who suffered postnatal depression herself, added: ‘Especially for the pandemic now I think there is a much better need for it, now than ever.’
Home: Stacey lives in Adelaide with her two children, Kosta and Kruz. She happily co-parents them with their father, Rebels bikie boss Shane Michael Smith, who lives close-by