Amanda Brunker has opened up about turning 42, and let’s just say – she’s not very happy about it.
The former Miss Ireland and “It Girl” admitted that she feels insulted that the likes of TV3’s Xposé are hiring “young wans” including bloggers, vloggers and digital influencers instead of her.
“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate being in my 40s. Nor do I begrudge fresh blood making a name for themselves.
“Though I must admit it was difficult not to be a little insulted when entertainment programmes like Xpose kept asking young wans to host their show, instead of me, over the last year.
Too old? Amanda’s fed up with ‘young wans’ being hired instead of her | VIPIRELAND.COM
“But on reflection, I’m just too old. That’s OK,” she wrote in the Herald.
“But I’m not loving this phase of my life. I feel old. I look old. I have become a middle-aged mammy and I have no idea how it crept up on me. I used to be an “It girl”, remember?”
The novelist also expressed her frustration at social media, and how she’s never been offered money to tweet or Instagram about something – like most bloggers, vloggers and digital influencers do nowadays.
“A new breed of feisty feminists have appeared on the scene. Bloggers and Vloggers and twentysomething influencers who I’ve never heard of are being booked to do appearances and give comments instead of me.
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“I’ve over 40,000 followers across social media, but not one company has ever paid me for a tweet or an Instagram post. What is it I’m doing wrong?
“Only yesterday I was hot and now it seems that 42 is not. It appears that I’m over the hill.
“I must have lost my sex appeal and therefore no randy male bosses want to hire me anymore. Seriously, am I really too much of a geriatric for old guy producers? Oh, the shame of being middle-aged,” she said.
It Girl: Amanda admitted that she feels ‘overlooked’ | VIPIRELAND.COM
While Amanda revealed that “every gig is now closing for me”, she doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for her.
“Has my 42-year-old external shell become too hideous for public viewing? My voice – albeit a little deeper and more cranky – no longer relevant?
Ranting aside, I wouldn’t feel sorry for me. I have a beautiful home and a lovely life. I have had a good innings as they say. I just now feel a little overlooked and taken for granted,” she added.
