Influencer reveals ‘weird’ fetish: ‘I love it’

An Australian influencer and TikTok sensation, known for sharing candid behind-the-scenes moments of parenting her three children, has shared her rather unique “fetish.”

Indy Clinton has amassed two million followers on TikTok by sharing the adventures and chaos of her family, which includes her husband, Ben Azar, and their three children: Navy, 4, Bambi, 2, and Soul, 11 months old.

At the 2024 TikTok Awards this week, the mommy blogger, renowned for “keeping it real,” admitted she’s keen to expand her family because she has a “fetish” for giving birth.

“TikTok launched, I kind of just evolved, popped out a few babies, might pop out a few more,” she told news.com.au.

“I definitely want a few more — I’m young so I’ve got time on my hands.”

“I just feel like, if I’m going to have a gap, I don’t want them to be lonely, that’s kind of mean.”

“I love giving birth, it’s a weird fetish of mine,” she laughed.

“Pushing a child out is really cool, is that weird? I love it, but I’ve also had three incredible births and obviously, everyone’s story is different if they had sh*t ones, but for me, I love it. I’ll push a baby out for you any day, babe.”

When asked if she has any names in mind for her future kids, Clinton revealed, “No, I’ve kind of told them all. I feel like each child is very different. The names I had for Bambi, wouldn’t work for Soul.”

She then joked about her love of unconventional baby names, saying, “Knowing me, it would be ‘Tree’ or ‘Car’ and ‘Park’ for twins.”

It comes after Clinton was slammed by fans over comments she made about “bouncing back” after pregnancy.

She’s been vocal about her “hard work” and “dedication” approach to losing post-baby weight to her followers, but some have been left less than impressed with her views.

On the Aussie TikTok Snark Reddit forum, a user posted a thread titled, “Bounce Back Culture” and referenced both Clinton and fellow influencer, Sarah Stevenson, known as Sarah’s Day online.

The person claimed that people might be disheartened by how quickly influencers return to their pre-baby weight.

They then referenced a video on TikTok, where Clinton told people, “Please don’t assume my staring point was ‘thin’.”

“I put on 25kg with Soul, I am just tall so it spread out. With all my pregnancies I put on a lot of weight but I consistently wake up at 5am to workout, and eat in a calorie deficit.”

“I have been extremely disciplined in my workouts and eating to get to where I am today – there’s no such thing as ‘bounce back’ after three kids.”

She then urged her followers to not “discredit hard work” but they still shot back, arguing that “a whole host of factors” can play a part in weight loss.

“It annoys me she can’t admit genetics ARE part of it,” one person wrote.

“I just hate how she’s so black and white about ‘you’ll lose weight eating in a calorie deficit,’” someone else replied.

Steph Claire Smith, another fellow mom and influencer, told Stellar last weekend that she also hates “bounce back” culture.

“We did a poll of about 15,000 women in our community and four in five of them felt that pressure to bounce back after they’d had a kid, which is horrible,” she told the Something To Talk About podcast.

“I’ve gone through my own journey of my body image and disordered eating and what I learnt through that was that it’s so not worth it.”

“Where you end up with your mental health and your energy and everything when you try to sacrifice so much or do absolutely anything in your power to look a certain way, you rarely get to a point where you’re actually happy.”