Gigi Hadid Responds To Backlash About Being Robbed in Mykonos

Gigi Hadid walks and talks with some friends while out in New York City on Wednesday afternoon (August 14).

The 24-year-old model and her pals stopped off for some frozen yogurt during their adventure around the city.

Earlier this week, Gigi came under fire about her comments about Mykonos, Greece, after she was robbed during her recent vacation. Now, the model is responding to all the backlash she faced.

“Let me make this clear for everyone below who thinks I don’t deserve to have an opinion on my experience and warn people of this – I was robbed along with more than 30 houses that night, some to gunpoint. It was not possible to contact any form of law enforcement except through my local security who happened to have a contact. That is a privilege that most people traveling there wouldn’t have. If something happens while the police station is closed, there is nothing that can be done to protect yourself, and when the station does open, it doesn’t seem as though their training and resources are in line with keeping people safe or keeping up with the amount of crime that is happening on a nightly basis there (I am speaking of the island specifically only because it’s where I experienced this),” Gigi wrote on her secondary Instagram page.

Gigi continued, “This is not information that is shared with people before they go. If I’d known it happened so much and there was not enough infrastructure to protect myself I wouldn’t have gone. So this is my opinion based on actual events and you not liking that isn’t my problem. Lastly, I work my ass off and never do a trip like this for myself and friends, so if I want to post pictures of the trip after being robbed, I will do so.”