Stacey Griffith – the celebrity instructor at SoulCycle who cut the line for a COVID vaccine claiming she was an “educator” – may have apologized for her actions, but a former employee tells us that her behavior is not surprising.
“It is completely in line with Stacey’s character. It operates entirely from a narcissistic point of view, ”said the former employee. “She has a huge God complex.”
On Friday, Griffith – whose devotees include Madonna and Kelly Ripa – posted on Instagram about how she got vaccinated at a Staten Island high school and told the Daily Beast that she qualified as a wellness “educator” . (Teachers are eligible in New York.)
“In my profession as a health and wellness teacher, it is my daily priority to keep my community and its respiratory systems operating at full capacity so that they can fight the virus if they are infected with it,” she said. “I can only teach them if I am also healthy.”
On Monday, she apologized saying that she “made a terrible error of judgment”.
SoulCycle seemed to distance itself from the movement by telling Page Six in a comment on Tuesday that Griffith “operated in a personal capacity by applying for a COVID-19 vaccine in the state of NY. SoulCycle plays no role in organizing or obtaining vaccines for instructors or other employees, nor do we encourage any of the [our] to seek vaccine priority as educators. “
The former employee snorted, “they love to ignore the bad behavior of the instructors … It’s a bull culture.”
Anyway, the controversy is only the last to reach the top fitness brand. The best instructors were accused of making racist and homophobic comments at work, having sex with clients and embarrassing co-workers.
SoulCycle previously commented on these incidents that its “core values” are “diversity, inclusion, acceptance and love. When we receive complaints or allegations related to behavior in our community that is not in accordance with our values, we take it very seriously and investigate and address it. “