Popular Irish influencer Dominique Nugent has defended speaking out about her dramatic breakup from her fiancé Damien.
The Dublin fashion and beauty guru revealed she had split from her long term love in September, sharing a picture of herself in what should have been her wedding gown.
After telling her followers that she had been “betrayed” by her other half, Dominique has continued to discuss the heartbreaking situation on her Instagram stories.
In a Q&A session this weekend, Dominique admitted she didn’t feel bad for speaking about the betrayal so publicly.
“I was told so many times to stop and deal with it privately,” she wrote on her stories.
“I would never be disrespectful but I have every right to talk about the effect the situation has had on me here if I so please. I don’t answer to anyone but myself.
“They knew I had an online presence and didn’t give a f*ck how humiliating it would be for me so why should I not talk about it,” she added.
During the Q&A with her 98k followers, the social media star added that she felt she “had to” address the split: “I couldn’t brush it under the carpet. It would have been so strange to go radio silent….to pretend like nothing had happened.
“I put it out there and was able to squash the small talk about it and the gossiping, and have my say on it,” she explained.
Dominique also revealed that no one had “told” her about the betrayal, but that she found out herself.
Adding that her other half first “tried to deny” any wrongdoing, Dominique explained: “But I had all the evidence I needed to never ever falter in my judgement for ending it there and then.
“Sometimes I think his shock could have been greater than mine,” she explained.