Fans of a major social media influencer are in shock after she was caught posting questions to herself in an embarrassing Instagram blunder.
Byron Bay socialite Ruby Tuesday Matthews has come under fire after she was caught asking herself questions in a “fake” Q&A session on Sunday.
Instagram allows followers to submit questions to a user that they can then share publicly and anonymously, with Matthews saying she wanted to “catch up” by answering some questions from her fans.
“It’s been awhile, let’s catch up,” she wrote.
When she decided to stop posting to her followers, Matthews accidentally posted a screenshot of her questions that revealed she had submitted some herself.
Eagle-eyed social media users caught Matthews’ faux pas, which was quickly picked up by the Celeb Spellcheck account that said “we all knew influencers did this”.
Matthews quickly noticed the mistake and deleted it.
She asked herself: “Preferred brand of electronics that you have purchased for the new pad? How do you decide?”
Matthews replied to the “question” by saying “funny you asked this” before continuing to advertise major brands, including Samsung, LG, Miele and Fisher & Paykel in her lengthy response.
“I’ll keep you updated once we start installing,” she replied.
She shared the text over multiple photos of fridges.
Matthews also asked herself: “What type of furniture look are you going for in the new house?”
After answering a series of questions, she apologised for not being able to get to all of them and shared a screenshot of the “many” questions she was asked, including her own.
Fans speculated the questions were “setups” to give herself an excuse to advertise for the brands.
Matthews said the questions were legitimately from followers but she simply “rewrote” them as there were so many spelling mistakes.
“I often summarise and correct questions asked,” the influencer said.
She also denied the question about fridges was sponsored.
“FYI the brands I tagged in my Q&A were items I already purchased for full price. I’ll always disclose paid and gifted content,” she wrote.
