‘Not about fame’: Bonnie Blue’s staggering claim amid Schoolies backlash

Controversial influencer Bonnie Blue has made the extraordinary claim that she’s not interested in attention after it was revealed she was not going to be on Australian soil for this year’s Schoolies.

As Year 12 students finish packing their bags and jet off across Australia to celebrate the end of high school, the sex worker is anxiously waiting for their arrival — in Bali.

After sparking worldwide backlash by offering herself to “barely legal” boys at Schoolies in 2023, the British sex worker’s visa was cancelled the following year after it was alleged she would infringe on her 12-month visa by working.

She caused a stir earlier this week after a video showed her at the Australian High Commission in London, encouraging many to believe she would make a comeback to Queensland for the end-of-school celebrations.

No stranger to controversy, Ms Blue confessed to NewsWire she was egging on her TikTok and Instagram followers by faking the entire visit.

“I just stood (there) with a pastry bag, to be honest,” she said.

“It was just to get some TikTok (views) to promote Schoolies.”

She said she didn’t intend to go to Queensland for Schoolies, and media outlets had misrepresented her initial comments.

“(My comment) was completely taken out of context,” she said.

“I said I was doing Schoolies, I didn’t say it was going to be the Gold Coast Schoolies.”

Amid the headlines and controversy, the British sex worker made a staggering claim she was not doing the stunts for fame and insisted she wasn’t looking for attention.

“It’s not that I love the spotlight, I just love doing what I do,” she said.

“My goal was never to be famous ... I didn’t do this to become famous, it just happened.”

Behind all the stunts is a quiet and reserved woman, she claimed.

“You wouldn’t see me standing on the table (at a bar) shouting, trying to get attention,” she told NewsWire.

“I’m very laid-back and more of a listener than being the main character and trying to (get) everyone to look at me.”

While she argued she wasn’t desperate for the spotlight, Ms Blue admitted her stunts were intended to “shock people” and gain followers.

“The structure of the way I do things is always the same and it still manages to shock people,” she told NewsWire.

“The shock factor isn’t what I necessarily need. I’ve already built a name for myself.”“At the start, I needed the press to grow. I needed social media (engagement).”

She also confessed to enjoying causing a stir with “uptight” middle-aged women, who “fill up (her) comment section very quickly with a lot of hate”.

“It’s always fun to give back ... in terms of rage baiting them very quickly,” she said.

Despite currently staying in Bali, where she hopes Schoolies attendees pay her a visit, she has organised a “Bang Bus” which will drive through Surfers Paradise and offer “interactive” events.

She may not be stepping foot on Australian soil for Schoolies this year, but she insists she will be there in spirit — and spit.

“My spit is already in Surfers Paradise, and so is my Bang Bus,” she said.

The Bang Bus will offer “a lift to the nightclub”, T-shirts and a “starter pack” complete with a condom, a blue ski mask and a vial of her saliva.

“Yes, it’s kind of in-your-face, but if you want to ignore it, you can,” she said.

“I just want to make sure I’m still able to entertain, even if I physically can’t be there with my legs open.”