“If you know the background, you can let go of the irritation towards me”
Published 2024-07-18 14.16
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Löwengrip showed school children in Tanzania – but censored its own.
Now she is criticized and accused of “human safari”.
“As a public figure with children, I know very well how images should be handled,” she writes to Aftonbladet.
- Isabella Löwengrip is strongly criticized for sharing pictures of foreign children in Tanzania on social media, while her own children’s faces are censored.
- Followers accuse her of hypocrisy and “charity tourism”, saying she dehumanises the local children.
- Löwengrip defends herself by saying that she asked all parents for permission and that the censorship of her own children is for security reasons.
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Isabella Löwengrip33, is on holiday in Tanzania with her fiance Paul Sundvik56, and their children.
The influencer has shared the trip extensively on social media, but now outraged comments are pouring in under one of Löwengrip’s latest posts on Instagram.
The pictures in the post show how Löwengrip and his family visit a Masai village and school in Tanzania. The influencer shares several photos of the children going to school, where their faces are clearly visible.
The faces of Löwengrip’s own children are censored in the pictures.
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full screenIsabella Löwengrip Photo: Magnus Wennman
The strong reactions: “Charity tourism”
It made the followers react.
In the comments section, users write that it is “hypocrisy” that Löwengrip hides the faces of his own children, but not those of strangers.
Several people also criticize Löwengrip for being on a “human safari” and think she dehumanizes the children. Some write that the influencer engages in “charity tourism”.
Responding to criticism: “I, if anyone, knows”
When Aftonbladet asks Löwengrip about the comments regarding “human safari” and that she shared pictures of strange children, she replies that she asked all the parents, the principal and teachers at the school who were there.
“All the adults who were present with the children were asked by both me and Paul several times and I was also careful to tell them where the pictures were to be seen. The guides also asked the parents in the local language so that there would be no misunderstanding,” she writes in a text message.
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full screenIsabella Löwengrip responds to criticism Photo: Isabella Löwengrip/Instagram
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full screen Isabella Löwengrip and Paul Sundvik Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån
Löwengrip also writes that it is a security risk for her own children to be in the picture without censorship.
“I, if anyone knows you have to ask. Regarding my children, it is partly a security risk for them to be seen. I have never, ever, shown my face to them under 11 years. Over the years, we have received many kidnapping threats”.
Can you understand the criticism to some extent, what people mean?
“Yes absolutely. But if you know the background of all the dialogue with the parents, you can let go of the irritation towards me. As a public person with children, I know very well how images should be handled”.
What do you think about the comments regarding “human safari” and “charity tourism”, do you understand the criticism?
“People are unhappy with whatever I do. If I say I’m supporting a charity, I’ll get shit for choosing it and not another. There is no stopping,” Löwengrip replies.
