Stacey Griffith, the famous SoulCycle instructor, who cut the line for a vaccine against COVID by claiming to be an “educator” – may have apologized for her actions, but a former staff member tells us that her behavior is not surprising.
“It’s completely in line with Stacey’s character. It operates entirely from a narcissistic point of view, ”said the former staff. “It has a huge God complex.”
On Friday, Griffith, among her devotees, include Madonna and Kelly Ripa, posted on Instagram about vaccination at a Staten Island high school and told the Daily Beast that she qualified as a welfare “educator.” (School teachers are eligible in New York.)
“In my health and wellness profession as a teacher, it is my daily priority to keep my community and their respiratory systems at full capacity so that they can beat this virus if they become infected,” she said. “I can only teach them if I’m healthy.”
On Monday he apologized saying he “made a terrible misjudgment.”
SoulCycle seemed to distance itself from the move by telling Page Six on Tuesday in a comment that Griffith “was operating in a personal capacity when applying for a COVID-19 vaccine from New York State. SoulCycle has no role in organizing or obtaining vaccines for instructors or other employees nor do we encourage any [our] employees seek vaccine priority as educators “.
The former staff member gasped: “They love to ignore the bad behavior of the instructors … It’s a bullfighting culture.”
Either way, the controversy is just the latest in reaching the high-end fitness brand. Top instructors have been accused of making racist and homophobic comments about work, having sex with clients and coworkers that baffled them.
SoulCycle has previously commented on those incidents whose “core values” are “diversity, inclusion, acceptance, and love.” When we receive complaints or grievances related to behavior in our community that does not conform to our values, we take it very seriously and we investigate and address them ”.