Sasha Exeter shares first Instagram post after feud with Jessica Mulroney
Post comes two weeks after influencer accused Mulroney of 'textbook white privilege'
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Your support makes all the difference.Sasha Exeter, the influencer involved in a feud with Jessica Mulroney, has returned to Instagram to share a post about wanting to protect her daughter and niece from “a world that can be not kind”.
Earlier this month, the lifestyle blogger accused Mulroney of exhibiting “textbook white privilege” after a disagreement over one of Exeter’s Instagram posts supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.
In an 11-minute video, Exeter said that Mulroney, who is friends with the Duchess of Sussex, “took offence” to “a very generic call to action”.
”What happened next was a series of very problematic behaviour and antics that ultimately resulted in [Mulroney] sending me a threat in writing last Wednesday 3 June,” Exeter continued.
Following the incident, Mulroney was fired from her role as a fashion stylist and dropped from numerous other jobs.
On Tuesday, Exeter returned to Instagram with her first post since the row, sharing a photo of her daughter Maxwell and her niece.
“So much love in this photo. So much innocence. Purity. It’s almost as disarming as their beauty,” Exeter captioned the picture. “As a mother (and aunt), I want so badly to protect them and their innocence. To shield them from a world that can be...well, you know...not kind sometimes.”
In the post, the influencer also said she wants to raise a daughter who is comfortable in her own skin and “knows black is beautiful.”
“I want to raise a daughter who knows herself because she knows where she came from,” she wrote. “I want her to be comfortable in her own skin because she understands and knows black is beautiful.
“But most importantly, I want her to forever have these innocent eyes and bright smile as she navigates the world.”
Mulroney issued a public apology on Instagram on 11 June, in which she said Exeter “rightfully called me out for not doing enough when it came to engaging in the important and difficult conversation around race and injustice in our society”.
She also used the apology to explain that she plans to take some time away from social media to “reflect, learn and listen”.
“I have also asked Sasha if she would be willing to take over my account whenever she is comfortable and tell her story,” she continued, adding: “The real work of bringing change goes beyond Instagram, and I want you all to know that I am committed to using every platform and resource available to me to continue the important work of anti-racism.”
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