To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video This Morning star Isla Traquair has taken to social media to hit back at trolls accusing her of ‘jetting off’ to Tenerife to cover Jay Slater ’s disappearance. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went missing on June 17 after setting off to walk back to his accommodation on the holiday island. News outlets have been covering the search that has followed, with helicopters, drones and dogs deployed to find the apprentice bricklayer, while journalist Isla has reported on the terrain and news surrounding him missing.
However, trolls have thrown accusations her away amid the coverage, and she’s now hit back. The 44-year-old took to Instagram , saying: ‘I don’t normally respond to trolls and comments online, and I personally don’t really care about some of the things that have been said about me but what I would like to do is clarify some facts, I’m not having to respond to all the different comments. ‘First of all, just to address the nonsense and attention that’s been brought on me, I’m a journalist.
I have been a journalist since I was 16 years old. ‘I’m vastly experienced. I’ve won awards for what I do.
And what do journalists do? We go to the location of a story and we report on them. ‘I find it rather hilarious that has become the focus of a story.’ She went on: ‘The reason for me actually going out there was I had been as.