Tammy Hembrow says the backlash she got for dating two months after her divorce from Matt Zukowski exposed an “insane” double standard. Speaking on Stellar’s podcast Something To Talk About, the Australian influencer said women are judged far more harshly than men for the same behavior.
Hembrow’s 16.3 Million Followers
Hembrow, who said she has more than 16.3 million followers on Instagram, described the reaction as immediate and personal. “You go on like a couple of dates with one person, and all of a sudden, I’m being called all these names. It’s just crazy to me,” she said.
She said the criticism was not limited to her love life. Online trolls also questioned her parenting and how she balances being a mother while dating and traveling for work, turning a private transition into a public audit of her choices.
Dating After Divorce
“I feel like in any situation, a woman going on dates after being separated and then breaking up, it’s normal, and for me, I get called every name, the trolls love to hate on it,” Hembrow said. “I’m like, I’m just a normal girl. I should be able to date at some point,” she added.
“I feel like if men did the exact same thing, no one says a word about it, but women are held to such a different standard,” she said. Hembrow also said she is often put into a box, where she can be one thing or another, while insisting, “But I’m all of these things. I’m multifaceted. I’m a complex human being like everyone else.”
Matt Zukowski Split
Hembrow and Matt Zukowski were married for seven months before they went public with their divorce, after getting engaged following three months of dating publicly. That timeline has kept her relationship history in the spotlight, including earlier commentary that the media coverage around her love life took a toll on her mental health in October 2025.
The practical read for Hembrow is simple: her dating life is no longer just gossip fodder, it is part of the public image she is now trying to manage. Her latest comments suggest she is pushing back against the idea that divorce automatically freezes a woman’s personal life while men move on without the same scrutiny.
