Mackenzie Shirilla is Serving Glam Selfies from Prison (and the Victim's Family is Not Having It)

What in the chaotic energy is happening here? A certain convicted someone is taking the term self-care to a whole new level with glam prison selfies on Instagram. Yes, you read that right—Mackenzie Shirilla, currently serving time for a litany of dark deeds, is allegedly soaking up online attention while the family of her victim mourns. Yikes doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Dominic Russo’s sister, Christine, is publicly calling out this icon in question, labeling it disheartening to see someone linked to her brother’s tragic end flaunting her makeup skills from behind bars. Christine has been vocal about how Mackenzie’s posts about “trying to do better every day” are just plain not okay, and she’s urging the Ohio State Reformatory for Women to investigate how she’s allegedly accessing social media while locked up.

Here’s the kicker: Christine stated, “It is heartbreaking to see someone convicted in connection with my brother's death appear to have a social media presence while our family is suffering every day.” I mean, can you even imagine being in her shoes? She’s not stopping there, either—she’s rallying the public to pressure the warden for a serious investigation into Mackenzie’s online antics.

But wait, there’s more! Christine is taking a stand not just for her family, but against the influencers who are letting Mackenzie crash their livestreams. It’s a wild world when a convicted killer is still able to pull off a social media presence and, apparently, attract vile internet trolls harassing grieving families. When does this become a safety issue for people?

As if that wasn’t enough, it’s just baffling that this alleged chaos agent is out here curating her online persona while serving a 15-year-to-life sentence for murder, no less, after ramming her car into a brick wall. The Ohio Supreme Court has decided not to hear her appeals, so we can expect this saga to drag on. Yet, her Instagram interactions? Nothing short of a spectacle.

Christine’s outrage is justified—her family deserves way better than seeing Mackenzie enjoy her time online while they’re left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. Talk about a total slap in the face.

—Rex