Stacey Griffith – the famous SoulCycle instructor who cut the line for a COVID vaccine by claiming she was an ‘educator’, apologized for her actions, but a former employee tells us that her behavior does not is not surprising.
‘It’s completely in line with Stacey’s character. She works entirely from a narcissistic point of view, “said the former employee. “She has a large God complex.”
Griffith, who includes Madonna and Kelly Ripa, posted on Instagram on Friday about the vaccination at a high school in Staten Island, telling the Daily Beast that she is qualified because she is a health educator. (School teachers are eligible in New York.)
“In my profession of health and wellness as a teacher, it is my priority to make my community and their respiratory systems work at full capacity so that they can fight this virus if they are infected by it,” she said. “I can only teach them if I’m healthy myself.”
By Monday, she had apologized, saying she had “made a terrible mistake of judgment.”
SoulCycle appears to be distancing itself from the move by telling Page Six in a comment on Tuesday that Griffith ‘had been working in a personal capacity to apply for a NY COVID-19 vaccine. SoulCycle does not play a role in organizing or obtaining vaccinations for instructors or other employees, nor do we encourage anything [our] employees to get vaccine priority as educators. ”
The former staff member said: “they like to ignore bad behavior from instructors … It’s a culture of bulls.”
Either way, the controversy is just the latest in terms of the first-class fitness brand. Major instructors are accused of making racist and homophobic comments at work, having sex with clients and colleagues with a fat disgrace.
SoulCycle has previously commented on the incidents that are the “core values” of diversity, inclusion, acceptance and love. When we receive complaints or allegations related to behavior within our community that do not conform to our values, we take it very seriously and investigate and treat it. ”