Rebecca Gibney’s honest message to her fans
Rebecca Gibney is embracing her true self this New Year – and taking to Instagram to tell her followers they should too.
In a side-by-side shot, the former Packed to the Rafters star showed two selfies – one heavily filtered and another with no editing. In her post, she highlights the importance of embracing your best self in 2019.
“There’s nothing wrong with making the most of yourself – whack on a filter now and then if it makes you feel better, lipstick, makeup, surgery, weight loll, weight gain – whatever (sic),” the actress wrote in an Instagram post.
“… Let’s also remember that what we often see on social media are the best bits of people’s lives.
“We’ve all got the shonky bits, mucky bits, downright grotty bits but at the end of the day we are really all the same underneath the costumes. And we’re all just muddling through the best we can so let’s keep embracing the real in 2019.”
The 54-year-old actress is an advocate for mental health awareness, featuring in a series of images called Imperfectly Perfect – a campaign to raise awareness for mental illness and suicide prevention.
Fans of Gibney thanked her for her honest and kind words, one user writing: “… It’s revolutionary to see women and especially older women being real, alive, action packed, strong, brave and beautiful.”
“As Oscar Wilde once said,” Gibney wrote before finishing: 'Be Yourself – Everyone else is taken.'"