Racing driver turned porn star Gracie gets Instagram ban
Renee Gracie, who gave up racing cars to become a porn star, with a view to earning more money has been hit with Instagram ban.
The 26-year-old regularly posted raunchy shots on the social media site having previously created history by becoming the first-ever full-time female Supercars driver.
The Australian insists she followed rules on her account and even removed a link to her OnlyFans site.
She boasted 750,000 Instagram followers before being forced away, and admits the time away is going to hurt her bank balance.
She told the Daily Mail Australia : “I just woke up and I can’t log in. They [Instagram] haven’t given me any reason which I think is the hardest thing [to deal with].
“I was cautious with the things I was saying in my comments. The photos I was uploading. All that sort of stuff.
“The work we’re doing isn’t illegal. If we were drug dealers or something I get it. Our stuff isn’t worse than what companies are uploading with girls in bikinis.
“It’s a bit crazy to think that it’s that strict. It’s a wild time to be alive.
“The sex industry and the sex work industry is something that has been around longer than Instagram.
“It will impact me financially in some areas. [For some girls] Five, ten to 15,000 dollars a month easily. It would be devastating for people who lost their accounts.”
Gracie joined OnlyFans after 2017, insisting she had lost her racing passion.
She had said: “I got over it (racing) and realized I wasn’t good enough and moved on.
“I have no interest in going back. Racing cars in my eyes is not the pinnacle of what I have done.
“What I am doing right now, I would rather do than race around Bathurst.
“I pretty much do everything [on OnlyFans]. I do whatever it is people request. I sell those photos and people tip me.
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“It has been the best thing I have done in my whole life. It has put me in a financial position I could never have dreamt of and I really enjoy it.
“I am fine with whatever they want to call me. I am earning good money and I am comfortable with where I am “she enthused