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 ‘essential travel’.
Since March 21, the 26-year-old has clocked up almost 6,000km of travel on four round trips between her home in South Australia and businesses in Victoria.
She insisted to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday she is abiding by government advice on all business trips, and isolating inside her hotel room during any downtime.
Working: MAFS’ Stacey Hampton has said her four business trips from Adelaide to Melbourne since March 21 have been ‘essential travel’ amid COVID-19 restrictions. 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 mum-of-two added she has ‘clearance’ to travel for work amid the coronavirus pandemic, as millions of Australians stay at home to prevent the spread.
Working mum: She told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday she’s abiding by government advice on all trips, and isolating inside her hotel during any downtime away from her Adelaide home
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 young children, Kosta and Kruz, was first spotted in Melbourne on March 21, returning to her luxury Crown Towers suite.
She was then photographed shopping for a Mercedes in Melbourne on April 4.
The blonde was spotted strolling around Port Melbourne on April 14, where she was joined by a male friend and personal security guard.
On Monday, Stacey made the 750km journey from her Adelaide home to Melbourne again, and will have endured 6,000km of travel 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 is launching a not-for-profit postnatal depression charity, titled Not Alone, Always Here Inc., which will be based in Melbourne.
The law graduate 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