Influencer Ashy Bines hits back at online trolls after jetting off to Bali without her family and riding a scooter without a helmet after brain aneurysm: 'I won't put myself last'

Daily Mail​

30-04-2025

Ashy Bines has hit back at trolls who have criticised the influencer's current overseas jaunt.
The fitness influencer, 35, is currently enjoying a Bali getaway with her She Rises podcast co-host Tijana Bundalo.
But followers have slammed Ashy for jetting off to Bali while her husband and two children remain at home.
And Ashy took to Instagram on Thursday to inform her followers that she wasn't interested in living by anyone else's 'rulebook'.
'People will tell you how to live, what's wrong with you and your life, and project their own 'rules' and beliefs onto you,' she began the long-winded post.
'If you live by their rulebook, you'll never feel truly happy or free to just be YOU.'
Ashy then called out some of the criticisms she's received since touching down in Bali and documenting her trip on social media.
'Some comments while I'm in Bali include: 'You should be with your family'; 'Good moms don't leave their kids behind on a holiday"; 'Such a selfish mom and partner'; 'Poor Steve having the kids to himself while you relax in Bali"; 'Moms shouldn't wear that; how embarrassing,' she added.
The mum-of-two then refuted the claim that her trip was unfair on husband Steve Evans and children Taj and Tala.
'Steve is incredibly supportive and a very capable, hands-on father. I refuse to live my life or neglect my own needs because of what others think,' she said.
'I won't put myself last or stop spending time with my friends, going on holiday, or pursuing my passions just because people label me as selfish or a bad mum.'
Rounding out the post, Ashy said that being a mother should not preclude her from doing 'silly TikToks', being sexual, expressing herself and travelling.
Ashy's post received a mixed reaction from fans with many praising the influencer for her forthright response.
'Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring,' one follower wrote.
Another chimed in with a similar: 'You are Glowing babe!! Keep building & enjoying your best life.'
Others were not so kind, with one follower bringing up earlier criticism of Ashy riding a scooter around Seminyak without a helmet this week.
'Yeah but riding motorbikes without a helmet after 2 brain surgeries is a questionable choice,' one fan suggested.
Replying to the comment, Ashy said her surgeries had nothing to do with her lack of helmet.
'My aneurysm has nothing to do with a bike, when the bikes have the helmets we wear them but not all of them have them. Thanks for caring though,' she wrote.
Ashy has had two brain surgeries over the past 12 months after she was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm in June.
Earlier this week, photos of Ashy posted to her social media showed the fitness influencer enjoying the sights of Bali with pal and podcast co-host Tijana Bundalo.
But the photos also displayed the pair dangerously balancing on the back of a scooter, both not wearing helmets.
'Some comments while I'm in Bali include: 'You should be with your family'; 'Good moms don't leave their kids behind on a holiday"; 'Such a selfish mom and partner'; 'Poor Steve having the kids to himself while you relax in Bali"; 'Moms shouldn't wear that; how embarrassing,' Ashy added
The mum-of-two then refuted the claim that her trip was unfair on husband Steve Evans (pictured) and children Taj and Talia
It comes after photos of Ashy, shared to the Outspoken Podcast Community Facebook page, show Ashy enjoying the sights of Bali with pal and podcast co-host Tijana Bundalo on a scooter without helmets
A second photo also shows Ashy on the back of the scooter without any head protection and beaming broadly.
Commenters slammed Ashy for being irresponsible.
'Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity,' one fan wrote referencing a quite from Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
'Can't be surprised really, a few months ago she and her new bestie decided to hang their half bodies out of a moving car and film themselves in the process.
'Unfortunately Ashy - Peter Pan - Bines will continue to do moronic things until her actions have consequences.'
The angry commenter continued: 'There's genuinely no way that 1 million people are silly enough to actually follow and look up to this almost 40 year old mother of 2 who insists on behaving like a child-free 21-year-old.'
Another jumped in with: 'Ashy Bines. 2x brain surgeries of late, speaks about how grateful she is to survive on a podcast released only yesterday. But... wears no helmet while riding on the back of a motorcycle twice in Bali in the space of 24 hours.
'Why are influencers this dumb? How many people have died or suffered serious injuries doing this?'
Commenters slammed Ashy for being irresponsible
Never one to shy away from courting social media controversy, Ashy was also called out back in February for posting a video to TikTok that showed her hanging out of the window of a moving car
Never one to shy away from courting social media controversy, Ashy was also called out in February after posting a video to TikTok that showed her hanging out of the window of a moving car.
It comes after Ashy shocked her followers in March when she revealed her brain aneurysm diagnosis.
She was rushed to hospital after experiencing sudden loss of vision, with surgery being scheduled in July before it was pushed back to August.
Ashy revealed that surgeons removed the first aneurysm, but discovered a second that they were unable to remove in the process.
'I had my surgery, and it went really well. However, when I woke up, they told me the news that they actually found and discovered another aneurysm,' she told her followers in an emotional clip.
'So they treated the original one today, but they couldn't treat the second one, and I will most likely have to have another surgery before the year's out.'
Ashy went under the knife again in January, telling followers at the time: 'I'm HOME. Survived my second brain surgery and ready to leave this chapter in the past.