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Influencer Michelle Sky Hayward is recovering from a swim she’d rather forget!
In a video shared on Instagram on July 8, Hayward was captured swimming in a cloud of foam in the ocean near Cape Town, South Africa.
“I’m having so much fun I literally don’t even feel the cold,” she said to the camera, as a fan’s comment across the screen read, “I hope she knows that foam is from a nearby sewer pipe.”
Hayward then screamed and laughed after some water went into her mouth.
“That is salty,” she said.
The video then switched to the content creator standing outdoors as more comments popped up on the screen alongside her shocked — and now cleaned up — face.
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“That foam is turds,” one person wrote, while a second added, “The foam is giving the opposite of fomo.”
Another commented, “Can someone tell her that kak water. SEWAGE WATER!!”
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As the comments appeared, Hayward covered her mouth with her hand and widened her eyes in shock before bringing the camera closer to her face.
“I fear I have made a terrible mistake. #fail #coldplunge #capetown,” her caption read.
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Under the post, many users reacted to Hayward’s shocking revelation.
“😂😂😂 well your skin looks lovely after that… I’m in that’s for sure … it’s the kelp for those who do not know…😂😂,” one person wrote.
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“This is sad and funny at the same time! Shame the sewage isn’t looked after over there…,” another added.
However, some users were convinced that Hayward swam into natural foam from from the sea instead of sewage.
“Ocean also can form a Foam naturally too…,” one wrote.
A second said, “It really depends. Could be just regular seafoam. You would know if it’s foam from sewage overflow/runoff😂.”
