Sophie Guidolin claims she has to fork out $4,000 per week in rent while her home is 'rebuilt' from 'cyclone damage' - as she teases starting an OnlyFans to get by
Sophie Guidolin has claimed she will be out thousands of dollars due to damage from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred last month.
The fitness influencer, 36, jetted off to Europe with her twin daughters Evie and Aria, nine, before the storm hit landfall and caused damage to her lavish Gold Coast home.
Now, the online personality has claimed on Instagram she will have to pay up to $4,000 a week in rent or $76,000 for three months in an Airbnb while she 'rebuilds'.
'Wow. I am so sorry to anyone trying to find housing recently. I am beyond sorry. Like mind-boggling,' Sophie captioned a video of her searching for an Airbnb.
'What are people doing to afford these rental prices? Our home will be six month min. rebuild so need a short-term lease.
'Either Airbnb at $76k for three months or between $2-$4k a week for us.'
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred heavily impacted Queensland and New South Wales in early March.
While it weakened to a tropical low before making landfall, it still caused widespread damage, including strong winds, heavy rainfall and flooding.
It wreaked havoc in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, which were smashed with severe thunderstorms and 'life-threatening' flooding.
Both Brisbane and the Gold Coast were hammered with a 'rapid ramp-up' of torrential rain late Sunday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
'Basically from the CBD out towards Ipswich, and then right through Kenmore, Mount Cootha, and through the Samford Valley — some of the rainfall totals are getting to pretty phenomenal levels,' Bureau of Meteorology's Matthew Bass told ABC Radio Brisbane at the time.
Many residents across the Gold Coast stranded by major flooding were advised to seek shelter and 'get up as high as you can'.
Sophie teased she will need to start an OnlyFans for her feet just to get by while her home is being fixed after the damage caused by the storm.
She shared screenshots to her Stories of a DM she had with her friend discussing the idea.
'Reckon if our toes touch people will pay more for an OnlyFans account?' Sophie asked her friend, who replied: 'Tempting.'
She went on to say she has 'ballet big toes', but Sophie's friend claimed she had fans who called her feet 'magnificent'.
'I wonder if anyone would recognise my feet,' Sophie captioned one of the screenshots.
However, it seems she was only joking as she followed it up with another post telling her followers she would never start and adult subscription account.
'Guys, I am getting so many of you DM me about this. I am not actually going to do this. My teenage boys would murder me at the thought,' she wrote.
'Even of my feet. Lol however all the power to the boss women out there with little butter on the stubs secretly under their desk haha.
'I wish I could pull this off. I couldn't pull off a one night stand let alone an OnlyFans or foot account. After the day you have had. I thought this was a joke.'
Sophie shares twin daughters Evie and Aria, and sons Ryder, 15, and Kai, 16, with ex-husband Nathan Wallace.
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