Married at First Sight star Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Sobinoff has revealed why she left the spotlight.

On Friday, the two-time reality TV bride shared a humorous Instagram reel to her Stories from the 2011 comedy Bridesmaids with the caption: ‘POV: Me after leaving a social event that was full of inauthentic conversations.’

Lizzie, 34, added some choice words of her own explaining her brief foray into the influencing industry after her appearances on MAFS in 2019 and again in 2020.

‘What it felt like when I attended the maybe five influencer events I’ve ever been to…’ she wrote, sharing the post to her 370,000 followers.

In a second post, Lizzie added that she doesn’t consider herself to be an influencer like most reality stars become following their time on the show, before revealing why.

‘And no, I’m not what most people would call an influencer,’ she continued.

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Married at First Sight star Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Sobinoff has revealed why she left the spotlight

Lizzie, 34, had some choice words of her own explaining her brief foray into the influencing industry after her appearances on MAFS in 2019 and again in 2020

‘I did it for five minutes of my life. It wasn’t for me. I just have a bit of a following because of the show.’

Lizzie was dubbed ‘Australia’s Most Confident Bride’ in season six when she was disastrously paired with groom Sam Ball and was rumoured to have been paid $100,000 by Channel Nine when she returned in season seven.

New Idea reported the former retail store manager had been paid ‘the whopping fee for a four-week appearance on [season seven] while the rest of the cast were paid $150 a day.’

The former reality TV star is now happily married to her engineer husband Alex Vega, and is mum to an 18-month-old baby girl and a newborn baby boy who was born in April.

During Lizzie’s first appearance on MAFS, her occupation was listed as ‘Store Manager’ and during her second, it was listed as ‘MAFS contestant’.

In April 2019, she signed with celebrity talent agency CGM Talent, which no longer exists.

‘So I’m pretty excited to mention that I’ll be working with @ctmgroupau for all things management. Cannot wait to work with a team that understand my direction! For MGMT Enquiries, TV and radio and brand collabs, DM the team or email- [email protected],’ Lizzie wrote on Instagram at the time.

Lizzie partnered with brands such as Booby Tape, Sculpt, Tan Tootie, and Tribe Skincare.

In a second post, Lizzie added that she doesn’t consider herself to be an influencer like most reality stars become following their time on the show, before revealing why

The bulk of her posts did not include an advertising hashtag, which wasn’t yet required by Australian law, but did often include discount codes.

Presumably, Lizzie was paid for her posts and also for the use of her discount codes.

Lizzie limited comments on her account after the birth of her daughter in 2023, citing the negativity that often permeates on Instagram.

‘My comments have been limited for a while now. Due to the nature of social media. It tends to breed negativity, not always but it definitely can,’ she explained.

‘I love to post BUT I have set boundaries…. And that’s not a bad thing.’

In April 2024, she also took to social media to defend MAFS brides from trolling about their appearances.

‘I saw an Instagram post about an injector going into detail about a girl on the current season of MAFS’ face,’ she said.

‘Coming from someone whose been on MAFS twice, these are people. Two, it’s not fair to their mental health when you start picking apart their appearance like that because they will see it.’

Lizzie was famously fat- shamed by her first Married At First Sight groom Sam Ball on season 2019 of the show

‘I don’t know this girl’s storyline, I just was upset at how no one takes into consideration that she is a human and has feelings. Maybe say it’s triggering for me at how I was torn apart by a lot of the PUBLIC,’ Lizzie continued.

‘In that particular line of work I’m under the assumption that you want to improve someone’s confidence, make them feel good about themselves. I see this as counterproductive. Just for views?’ she added.

Lizzie was famously fat-shamed by her first Married At First Sight groom Sam Ball on season 2019 of the show.

‘I’ve never really dated girls as big as Elizabeth to be honest. It’s obviously a topic that’s troubled her in the past,’ he on the reality series.

Sam also sparked outrage after revealing his plans to help Lizzie lose weight after their televised nuptials.

‘She’s got a beautiful face… Maybe I’ll get her running in the mornings… but she’ll be right. We’ll get her going,’ he said.

Lizzie and Seb Guilhaus hit off immediately during her second showing on MAFS in 2020, and stayed together after the show, before parting ways in 2021.