Jess Redden

[J.BFletcher]

Unpopular opinion number 1: I quite like her especially compared to the other influencers. Maybe I am just mad to watch her posts about Oz, I probably wouldn’t be so interested in the vitamins and healthy lifestyle posts if she was here in Ireland. Unpopular opinion number 2: I don’t really get the whole Rob Kearney thing. I think he’s quite basic!

 

[emmysue]

Of course now she is an authority and will raise awareness about covid. For fuck sake that’s all we ever hear as it is.

what is with her saying “I wanted to share it as this is something that’s not spoken about” as if she’s being brave talking about some personal issue

 

[Shellac]

On a staycation with her fiance and her mum tags along, honestly think she is still breastfeeding her!!

In fairness, her mum has lost her husband I’m sure it’s nice for the mum to be taken away & have company.

 

[ChitChat2021]

New to this thread, I’m glad people cottoned on to the fact that her relationship with exercise and food is very dyfunctional.

I say this as I was very surprised by some people cheerleading her doing 10ks in her hotel room while she was also doing yoga, dancing, online classes in the one day! She was heralded as an inspiration by Irish media and put on a platform which I’m sure is really damaging for people with ED’s. The fact she couldn’t use her two-week quarantine to chillout, relax and indulge a bit more speaks volumes. There was sooooo many red flags for me.

I genuinely hope she is okay and she does seem like a nice girl - I am glad she has mentioned she is trying to put on weight and she’s hinted at her ED.

I really hope she has good support. Goes to show no-one knows what goes on behind the scenes and I’m sure it’s tough for Rob and her family.

I’m sure Jess will open up about her struggles one day - it is a long journey to recovery, hoping she gets through it. Maybe taking time off Instagram would be a start.

 

[testingonetwothreefoiur]

Jess is an adult woman. If she’s denying she has a problem and prolifically posting on SM, there’s absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop her. I feel for her because she’d had a lot of stress recently with the wedding, Covid outbreak and testing positive on honeymoon, Christmas without her dad etc. It’s the perfect storm for an ED to flare up as EDs are all about control in a world where you feel like you have none. It’s such a painful place to be.

But at the same time, I remember being a teenager and being absolutely influenced by photos of painfully thin models with their ribs on show and thinking that was what I needed to be. At my worst I still strived for this and even when my world was collapsing around my ED, thinking at least I was as thin as those poster models and had a sense of achievement and perfectionism that Jess is flaunting all over her insta. She’s incredibly triggering in her behaviours and unnatural thinness and I think it’s dangerous to a lot of young people who look up to her.

 

[ttttttttttttt]

I honestly don't understand the hate for Jess.... she is one of the nicest on instagram

 

[boarddotie]

I'm not with my OH for Crimbo. Loads are not. I see it as healthy if two people who spend ALL their time together can be apart for a few days when they know it will make someone else feel good. Surely it is lovely that she spent time with her grivening Mom. First Christmas is so hard!!

 

[Influencing is not a job]

God forbid any of these insta fuckers had a private ceremony with minimal attendees to reduce the risk of a spread.. it’s all about getting an article in a paper or post on the likes of evoke or goss.ie.. she’s as bad as the rest of them. I actually have no sympathy for her day turning into a covid Petri dish..

Why should they have a minimal attendee ceremony when everyone else is having bigger weddings? And less guests would make for a more exclusive article in a paper because there would be no guests there to post on socials and give us a sneak peak so that's bollox dunno how people are begrudging her a wedding day. This shit has been going on for 2 years, and isn't going anywhere. Unfortunately our ages are still ticking upwards! Life has to go.
Dunno why she tried to say she was educating people about it though!

 

[Heygooooyyyyzzzzz]

She admitted herself she’s a bit thinner than she wants at the moment. I lost a ton of weight when my dad died, I almost felt guilty for eating when he couldn’t. Sounds stupid but

 

[GillyQueen85]

I really like Jess, she's positive and seems very sweet. She has also had a tough year of it. Couldn't say a bad word about her to be honest.

 

[captainkirk]

I like Jess mostly but find this ‘I’m such a clumsy clutz’ persona she’s showing us lately so irritating - like saying how she’s always mixing up her left and right, leaving things behind her all the time, putting clothes on inside out and back to front, and then today she got a press gift from Aimee Connolly and Tara Anderson’s new collection and she goes and says on Insta it’s by Tara O’Connor - eh that is a completely different person!! At least read the PR leaflet before going on Instagram to plug it ffs! Wouldn’t fill me with confidence getting a prescription from her is all I’m saying!

 

[Adeline]

She looked stunning. Her makeup was flawless. The locket with her dad on her bouquet was a beautiful touch. It's a bittersweet moment for any bride to walk down the aisle without her dad.

 

[jasmine89]

I have to say I think Jess seems like a lovely girl and a breath of fresh air! Unlike so many other Irish influencers, she seems to be using her platform to educate and spread positivity as well as sharing this exciting new chapter of her life. I think it's unfair to comment on her body/appearance, you never know what someone is going through, and even if she did have an eating disorder (which I'm not suggesting btw) think of how distressing these comments about her body would be, and similarly for other women reading these comments who might be experiencing issues of this nature.

 

[testingonetwothreefoiur]

Honestly I find the extreme perfectionist tendencies she has quite uncomfortable to watch. Is she capable of eating a piece of cake without doing a punishing 6am workout? Can she go a day without controlling herself with meditations and mindfulness and setting goals in her “wellness” journal? I’m all for self improvement and self development, but so much of this stuff is on the other side of self acceptance and self care and down the rabbit hole of “toxic wellness” that is designed to make everyone feel sh1t about themselves, where no one is “good enough” unless they’re doing a laundry list of approved things at the arsecrack of dawn and sharing it via instagram for external validation.

These types of tendencies show up in people with eating issues too. She doesn’t look healthy atm IMO.

 

[lillyjo]

She looked absolutely stunning. So effortlessly beautiful. Low key and classy affair. Pics are up

 

[NosyWelshCow]

There’s lots of things I like about her, her supplement recommendations come from a place of knowledge not just sales!!
But to call her body aspirational for young girls or just ‘normal’ women is worrying. She’s shown in the past weeks her life is pure ruled by exercise... she doesn’t stop. She’s not an ounce of fat on her, I can’t imagine how few calories she’s actually eating despite the constant food stories!!

she’s quite child like, which considering the age gap between her and her fella, quite surprised me.

 

[Blondie97]

I have to say, Jess is my favourite influencer right now. She’s really positive and light in times that people can find dark. I love how she answers questions about supplements from a pharmacist perspective too. If she is happy and her Health is coming back as ok, why should people be so inclined to make horrible remarks about her appearance? Give the girl a break. She isn’t the worst out there.

 

[Tatterella]

Your post is complete speculation though. You don’t know that she’s bulimic or a narcissist or anything like that. That’s just your opinion. Others are allowed to have a different opinion that she’s a woman who is struggling with eating or exercise and grief, maybe doesn’t want to give every aspect of her health and private emotional situation out to strangers over Instagram but tries to put up things that people will find helpful or encouraging. I guess there’s bad in everything and everyone if you look hard enough for it but what an awful mentality to have…. In my opinion.

You are exactly right it is just a guess as to what her exact diagnosis is but we can both agree that she has an issue with food as she has admitted it herself. Why then glamorise her food and exercise regime at the same time as admitting you have an issue with food? Why promote an image of health when you yourself note you are not healthy and need to work on things? Where is the admission on her feed between advertisements and her tiny frame. I do not know her but I do work with young people and mental health and I see everyday the harm influences like jess redden do, and that's not an opinion, that is fact. If she was open about her experiences and not using them for profit absolutely but she is and she has absolutely no need to do so. She comes from an affluent background, has a successful fiancé and will be successful in her own career and will have access to endless amounts of supports and treatments if/when she uses them. However others will not, and as this mental health crisis deepens young people are again going to suffer from the lies and fakeness that jess redden promotes. She will be fine one way or another, maybe your concern should be for those triggered by her posts. Just my opinion

 

[Tippedover21]

I was at 3 weddings in October and didnt hear of a single case out of any of them. I would be very good friends with two of brides and they were very worried for two weeks after the wedding. I was nervous going to them as a guest but felt I had to be there on their big days. One wedding had basically the entire wedding party fly in from the US (bridesmaids, bestman etc)

A lifetime ago in Covid terms. We're hitting 4/5000 cases a day right now with a more transmissible varient so completely different level of risk.

I'm attending a wedding between Christmas and the New Year, it's going to be a big one and I accept the risk is huge. However, it's my own fault if I get it and no one else's.

They should in no way feel guilty about the outbreak. It's called living with Covid, we need to get on with things.

 

[GG_Goode_xx]

I dont find it weird either. 2 of my friends got married and this would be their first Christmas as married couples. They're all in their own family homes however one couple are pregnant so from next year they will more than likely alternate due to kids being involved but I always said I would do the same when I marry until I had kids. Not a massive deal IMO. Tbh I've had three bereavements the last 12 months and I can totally see why they're in a hotel. Being home and thinking of all the traditions they had with her dad could be very difficult for them and especially after the wedding