– Little did I know that this was my actual rehab. This shock, says Sofie Steen Isachsen, better known as Sophie Elise, in Summer in P2. The former top blogger, who is now an influencer and businesswoman, talks about the time after the publication of the controversial Instagram photo in the hour-long episode. – I unpublished the picture as soon as I realized what it could be interpreted as. But it was too late. The image had been captured and shared and was discussed again and again. Tight-lipped about the contents of the bag It was in February this year that Isachsen shared the picture with his 600,000 followers on Instagram. The picture shows Sophie Elise together with another influencer, where the other influencer is holding a bag with something white in it. – A picture of me and a friend taking a selfie was posted by mistake from my Instagram. And that could indicate that drugs were involved. She held a small bag with something white in her hand. I wrote that “life will be approx. a billion times more fun when you just give a damn,” says Isachsen. Two weeks later, the influencer stopped making the podcast “Sophie og Fetisha” together with her friend Fetisha Williams for news. THEN: Sophie Elise and Fetisha made podcasts for news before the collaboration was broken in early March. Photo: Henriette Dæhli / news – The scandals are not thought through This is not the first time Isachsen is in the middle of the storm, and that is precisely the topic of the interview in Sommer in P2. In 2019, there was a media storm with subsequent debate when Isachsen was referred to as “Norway’s most dangerous role model” by fellow influencer Kristin Gjelsvik. Two years later there was another storm, when she received the best prize Gullbarbie from the Save the Children youth organization Press. MEDIESTORM: In 2019, Sophie Elise appeared on the Debate against fellow influencer Kristin Gjelsvik. Photo: Skjermdump / news Isachsen herself believes that part of the reason why she has ended up in so many controversies is that she is impulsive and does not think much about consequences. – I don’t sit and think: “here is my next chess move”. It would have been transparent. If you look at the scandals and controversies, it doesn’t seem that well thought out, and that’s because they aren’t, she says on the phone to news. Retired from new podcast In the past year, she has also made big headlines on several occasions. Like in September when it became known that she had spent five weeks in rehab in Gjerdrum, because she had been addicted to pills for a long period of time. Recently, she was once again in the media’s spotlight, when she suddenly withdrew from the new podcast she created with her friend Fetisha after the break with news. – There is nothing personal against her. For me, it felt right to retire. – I am an extremely open book. But when you make a podcast and talk about sex and drinking, that also happens with the image. Then the premise felt wrong, she explains further. WITHDRAW: In June, Sophie Elise withdrew from the new podcast she started with Fetisha Williams in March. Photo: Xin Li – The wake-up call I needed Since she became famous, Isachsen has been asked countless times about what she thinks about being a role model. Her first book is entitled “Forbilde”. She also has the word tattooed on her arm. Nevertheless, she has had an ambivalent relationship with the title, and did not always want to call herself that. Isachsen now believes that something has changed. Photo: Robert Rønning / Robert Rønning / news She describes the time after the row about the Instagram photo as the wake-up call she needed. Despite the fact that she was in rehab in Gjerdrum in September, the last few months have felt like the actual rehabilitation. – When you’re about to lose everything, who you want to be and where you want to end up becomes crystal clear, she says in the episode, and continues: – I’m ready to show the Norwegian people Sofie, stronger than before. And who I actually am, now that I’ve come out the other side.
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