Ruby Tuesday Matthews strolls with Shannan Dodds after explaining why her son didn't go to school

Ruby Tuesday Matthews recently revealed she’d been struggling to convince her four-year-old son Rocket to go to daycare.

And the controversial influencer, 27, looked rather frazzled as she stepped out with her new fiancé Shannan Dodds in Byron Bay on Thursday. 

Dressed down in an oversized T-shirt and leggings, the mother of two appeared pensive as she grimaced and bit her lip while strolling down a leafy footpath.

Is everything okay? Influencer Ruby Tuesday Matthews (right) looked pensive during a stroll in Byron Bay with fiancé Shannan Dodds (left) on Thursday 

Ruby wore her blonde locks out and completed her off-duty look with a dark blue baseball cap, grey sneakers and chunky white crew socks.   

Her professional DJ beau also dressed for comfort, sporting a grey T-shirt, white shorts and matching sneakers. 

The sighting came days before Ruby told her Instagram followers that she’d chosen not to send her eldest son Rocket, four, to daycare as he was feeling ‘unwell’ on Monday. 

Casual look: Ruby went makeup-free and dressed down in an over-sized T-shirt and leggings 

She was immediately flooded with messages from fans concerned that Rocket was actually suffering from Covid-19. 

Swatting away the speculation in an Instagram Stories video, Ruby sarcastically said: ‘Thank you to everyone and all those concerned about my child.’ 

‘And the hundred messages suggesting he has Covid. I guess I didn’t go into too much detail why my kid’s home because it’s obviously a private reason… and I think the ‘sickness’ was just a nice reason to stay home this morning,’ she continued. 

Scrutiny: The sighting came days before Ruby told her Instagram followers that she’d chosen not to send her eldest son Rocket, four, to daycare as he was feeling ‘unwell’ on Monday 

Turning to her son, Ruby asked: ‘Are you feeling sick now, Rock?’

The youngster responded by confirming he was still feeling sick because he had a ‘cut’.  

‘Ok, well, we’ll put a big bandaid on that and some nice cream on that, yeah?’ Ruby replied. 

Nothing to see here, folks! Swatting away the speculation in an Instagram Stories video, Ruby sarcastically said: ‘There’s actually a lot more to it. He’s having, obviously, his own little issues at school at the moment’

Turning back to the camera, Ruby explained to her followers: ‘There’s actually a lot more to it. He’s having, obviously, his own little issues at school at the moment, [it’s] obviously private. It doesn’t need to be discussed with 200,000 people.’ 

‘That’s why. Thank you for your concern,’ she concluded, rolling her eyes.   

In another post, a frustrated Ruby revealed that one of her followers had even threatened  to alert the government about Rocket’s health, despite having no evidence that Rocket had contracted Covid. 

‘Just wanted to be clear! I don’t actually think this crazy person has called New South Wales Service yet,’ Ruby wrote. 

‘Just threatened that they’re going to. Sad because it’s [a] complete waste of resources and time,’ she raged. 

‘Complete waste of resources and time’: In another post, a frustrated Ruby revealed that one of her followers had even threatened to alert the government about Rocket’s health, despite having no evidence that Rocket had contracted Covid