Bonnie Ryan has reacted to a “back-handed compliment” left by a follower about her late dad, Gerry Ryan.
The legendary broadcaster died suddenly at the age of 53 on April 30, 2010, after suffering a heart attack.
Writing on her Instagram stories, Bonnie called out a follower who wrote: “Loved their da on radio not so much on TV… wish them all well.”
Bonnie laughed off the comment writing: “Hahahah Aw god you have to love people – such a back handed compliment.”
“You can’t win them all dad, don’t worry I thought your TV stuff was deadly.”
“Look if you didn’t like school around the corner and Ryan town that’s your own business…hahahah.”
“TikTok is the pits in the comments hahah.”
Earlier this year, Bonnie penned a sweet tribute to her late dad on his birthday.
Taking to Instagram, the influencer shared a throwback photo of her dad and siblings to remember him on his birthday.
She wrote: “Dads birthday today🤍. Miss him everyday. squeeze yours tight.”
Earlier this year, the popular influencer shared a video on social media recalling the time Netflix producers reached out to see if she would be interested in appearing on Love Is Blind.
But sadly, Bonnie’s video attracted a rather nasty comment about her dad on TikTok.
Under her post, one person commented: “Daddy’s name? That’s why they sent messages.”
@bonnieryan Funny story … #loveisblind ♬ original sound – bonnieryan
Hitting back at their statement, Bonnie replied: “My dad died 14 years ago this month. I don’t think [he] would be able to go on.”
Taking to her Instagram Stories, Bonnie explained she wouldn’t usually respond to messages like that, but felt it was “simply an unacceptable comment”.
“I got a notification on one of my TikTok videos, somebody left a comment. Don’t go into the comments section of your TikTok, my god, people can be crazy,” she began.
“I’m trying to be my usual self. My way of dealing with my dad passing away was that I’ve always had such black humour. If I don’t laugh, I’ll simply just cry.
“Instagram and TikTok – that’s my place of work. Imagine someone coming into your office and being like, ‘do you think you’re getting on now because of your father who died 15 years ago’.
“I’m just out here trying to work and you’re coming in with my childhood trauma. I just can’t, I can’t. Can people just think before they say that?” she continued.
“Maybe they just think I’m never going to see it but anyway, I always think, ‘that’s your own problem, don’t put that on me’.
“They since deleted it. They’ve actually just fully deleted their profile. I’m pretty sure it was just a fake account.”
“Thankfully, when it comes to that kind of thing with my dad, I’ve grown really thick skin growing up,” Bonnie added.
“You honestly have to just laugh because if you don’t, you’ll go crazy. So, I’ll just deal with it with black humour as I always do.”
