Racing driver turned porn star Renee Gracie banned from Instagram as social media site ‘censors’ sexy influencer
FORMER racing driver turned porn star Renee Gracie hit out at Instagram after she was banned from the platform.
Influencer Gracie, 26, claimed the social media site had deactivated her account and she was being censored.
Gracie, who had 750,000 Instagram followers before her forced pit stop, said: "I just woke up and I can't log in. They [Instagram] haven't given me any reason which I think is the hardest thing [to deal with].
"I was cautious with the things I was saying in my comments. The photos I was uploading. All that sort of stuff.
"The work we're doing isn't illegal. If we were drug dealers or something I get it.
"Our stuff isn't worse than what companies are uploading with girls in bikinis.
"It's a bit crazy to think that it's that strict. It's a wild time to be alive.
"The sex industry and the sex work industry is something that has been around longer than Instagram."
Gracie - who planned to make a return to the track last year - believes the move will cost her thousands of pounds per month.
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The tattooed star quit motorsport for the porn industry due to the financial struggle, barely making £10,000 a year as the first full-time Australian female Supercars driver.
In 2015, Gracie was part of an all-female team that took part in the .
Her dreams came to a screeching halt after finishing 14th place in the same Mount Panorama race in 2016 before a series of poor displays saw her replaced.
But her popular OnlyFans account means she can rake in more than £1million from paying subscribers viewing her content.
However, she is concerned about how her and her counterparts' wallets will be hit by the Instagram clampdown.
Gracie added: "It will impact me financially in some areas.
"[For some girls] Five, ten to $15,000 dollars a month easily. It would be devastating for people who lost their accounts."