Charleen Murphy opens up about ‘disgusting’ cat-calling incident

Anna Martin

Charleen Murphy has recalled a cat-calling incident that made her “uncomfortable.”

The beloved influencer opened up about the moment she realised two men she didn’t know were whistling at her as she took photos outside of a hotel this week.

Explaining what happened, Charleen took to Instagram saying, “I was in town like an hour ago shooting an outfit, and I was standing outside across the road from a restaurant taking a picture and there were two men sitting outside it.

“They were catcalling me, they kept whistling. I didn’t know it was at me first of all, so I looked around and it was – they were staring and laughing and stuff.

“I decided to ignore it and just keep taking my pictures and they just kept, kept going. Then they got their car keys – their car was beside me, I didn’t know at the time, but got their car keys and started locking and un-locking their car so it kept flashing.”

After staying patient for a while Charleen became increasingly angry and decided to approach the men in question.

“They did, my blood was boiling at this point, it just makes me so angry. I just think it’s disgusting and it just makes me sick,” she said.

“I went up to them and was like ‘You know that makes girls really uncomfortable, can you stop doing that? They were just like ‘Aw, we just thought you were pretty’.

“Then after me saying it to them, they did it again. These were like 30 or 40-year-old men, by the way, they should know better. They kept doing it again. The blood in me was boiling, I don’t know what went through my mind,” she continued.

The influencer decided she would go straight back into the hotel restaurant and tell staff about what was going on.

“I didn’t say anything to them, I went straight into the restaurant – I don’t know what I thought they were gonna do, but I just wanted to let them know that they were sitting outside their restaurant [The restaurant staff] were like ‘They’re regulars, they do this all the time’,” she stated.

“What is wrong with some men? If anyone watching this thinks cat-calling is how you ever get a woman – no. When has any relationship ever started with that? It’s disgusting.”