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Keira Maguire found fame as the acid-tongued ‘villain’ on Richie Strahan’s season of The Bachelor in 2016.
And while the 35-year-old is no stranger to accepting criticism for her on-screen antics, she draws the line at being labelled a narcissist.
Speaking to SBS program Insight this week, Keira said she’s been falsely accused of having narcissistic personality disorder due to her ‘strong, confident’ attitude.
‘I’ve actually only been called a narcissist in the last couple of years and maybe five times,’ the beauty influencer insisted.
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterised by a person believing there are special reasons that make them different, better or more deserving than others.
They may feel upset if people do not recognise their apparent achievements, and get upset if other people do not put their needs above their own.
Inside Keira’s mind: The Bachelor’s Keira Maguire, 35, (pictured) denied allegations that she suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, but admitted to having an ‘ego’, during an interview with SBS program Insight this week
However, narcissists may also suffer low self-esteem and can be described as vulnerable.
Keira explained that her controversial appearances on Bachelor In Paradise caused viewers to unfairly brand her a narcissist.
‘The last show that I went on I was a very strong, confident character which is who I am and I’m not going to deny that,’ she declared, adding: ‘I speak with a lot of conviction, I can back myself and I just feel like a lot of people see that as a narcissistic trait.’
‘I speak with a lot of conviction, I can back myself’: Keira explained that her controversial appearances on Bachelor In Paradise caused viewers to unfairly brand her a narcissist
The glamazon, who boasts 147K Instagram followers, insisted that she displays her ‘real personality’ on social media rather than on television.
While Keira remained adamant that she isn’t a narcissist, she did admit to having some ‘narcissistic personality traits’.
‘Yeah, of course I do [have narcissistic traits],’ she confessed.
The real me: The glamazon, who boasts 147K Instagram followers, insisted that she displays her ‘real personality’ on social media rather than on television
‘You need to have an ego to be in this industry’: While the beauty influencer remained adamant that she isn’t a narcissist, she did admit to having some ‘narcissistic personality traits’
‘You need to have some sort of narcissistic traits, you need to have an ego to be in this industry… You actually need an ego to survive in today’s day and age,’ Keira proclaimed.
‘I don’t think that I have a narcissistic disorder but I definitely feel like I have traits of it, definitely,’ she added.
Keira’s admission comes after she was accused by her ex-boyfriend, fellow Bachelor In Paradise star Jarrod Woodgate, of being attention-hungry and addicted to social media.
Throwback: Keira found fame as the acid-tongued ‘villain’ on Richie Strahan’s season of The Bachelor in 2016 (pictured)
Sure you got the right angle? She raised eyebrows during Oaks Day at Flemington Racecourse in November 2018, after photographers captured her preening and taking endless selfies in The Birdcage
Keira and Jarrod fell in love in late 2017 while filming first season of Bachelor in Paradise in Fiji.
They quickly became inseparable and moved in together, only to dramatically split in August 2018
Speaking to Who magazine not long after their break-up, Jarrod said: ‘Her Instagram following is overwhelming and it was taking over our relationship. She’s purely Instagram-focused and that takes up a lot of time,’ he said.
Pouty: The blonde immediately whipped out her camera phone as she soon as she got settled in the VIP enclosure
‘I’d spend two days a week with her and it [was] basically all Instagram-based. It’s hard because you’re competing with 177,000 other people that follow her, but I shouldn’t have to compete,’ he added.
Jarrod said the romance fell apart because he found it difficult to maintain a ‘genuine connection’ with somebody so fixated with social media.
‘Keira is a beautiful woman and I had the best times I’ve had in my life with her. But I didn’t see it going anywhere,’ he confessed.
Ex files: Keira’s admission comes after she was accused by her ex-boyfriend, fellow Bachelor In Paradise star Jarrod Woodgate (right), of being attention-hungry and addicted to social media. Pictured together on Bachelor In Paradise 2018
‘For me, it wasn’t a genuine connection because everything we did went through Instagram and I’m a farm guy who hardly touches his phone.’
Keira subsequently hit back at Jarrod’s accusations, telling News Corp: ‘[Jarrod] thinks I have mental health issues but the real problem was I was depressed because of our relationship — I wasn’t depressed because of Instagram.’
‘He can deflect and say that was the reason but I was unhappy, because I was unsatisfied with what I was getting,’ she said.
Brutal: Jarrod said the romance fell apart because he found it difficult to maintain a ‘genuine connection’ with somebody so fixated with social media
Jarrod once again addressed his bitter split with Keira in July last year, accusing her of being desperate to ‘stay in the limelight’ and using their break-up to garner more attention.
Speaking to the So Dramatic! podcast, Jarrod admitted that he doesn’t like talking about Keira publicly, as it would ‘give her ammo to come back at me just for publicity and money.’
‘It’s more about Keira wanting to stay in limelight, and be centre of attention,’ he said.
‘It’s more about Keira wanting to stay in limelight’: Jarrod once again addressed his bitter split with Keira in July last year, accusing her of being desperate to ‘stay in the limelight’ and using their breakup to garner more attention
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