The Irwin matriarch said nothing gets posted online without someone’s approval first.

Terri has revealed how her kids and her have a strict social media contract to make sure nothing gets posted that could be wrong. Picture: AAP

The Irwin family is very present on social media and they share intimate details about their lives with millions of people every day. But matriarch Terri revealed that nothing makes it to Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok without the family’s approval.

While Terri, Bindi, and Robert are incredibly busy with their lives at Australia Zoo, raising a family, and performing on Dancing With The Stars, they still take the time to get their social media posts right. In an interview with The Apple and The Tree podcast, Terri said this rule can help avoid a massively awkward issue.

“None of us ever post on social media without running it past the other one,” she said.

“Because sometimes there’s some dumb thing that I’ve missed.

“Or as a boomer, I say everything wrong. So they’ll go, ‘Oh, you can’t do that with your hands. It looks like a gang sign’. And I’m like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know that.’”

Emojis seemingly change meaning every few years, and the younger generations are coming up with new words all the time, so it’s not hard to see why the Irwin family checks in on each other to get social media posts right.

But Terri likely needed no help in wishing her son a happy birthday this week after Robert turned 22.

“Looking forward to your next year of adventures. Remember to hold on to your friends, and they’ll hold on right back! Love you!” the 61-year-old said.

She also praised his recent win on Dancing With The Stars, with the young Aussie scoring the Mirrorball Trophy after a nail-biting grand finale.

“Congratulations Robert! Your passion, dedication, hard work, and kind heart got you to this point,” she said.

“A night you will remember forever. Thank you to everyone who supported Robert through this journey, and made us realise that even a zookeeper can learn to dance.

“Witney – you are now part of our family. God bless. I am so very proud of you, Robert. I know your dad is too. Wow!”

Terri revealed what would have shocked Steve the most after his death

Also in the interview with Richard Wilkins and his son Christian, Terri opened up about the aftermath of her late husband’s death.

Steve tragically died in 2006 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray and was only 44 at the time.

Terri said nothing could have prepared her for what happened after that fateful day on February 22, and that Steve would have felt the same.

Terri Irwin has opened up about how intense Steve’s death was in the immediate aftermath. Picture: AAP

“I think when he died, he would have been the most shocked,” the 61-year-old said.

“I couldn’t figure out what was going on because the media interest [lasted] weeks and I [was] like, ‘What is happening?’”

While Steve was loved and adored in Australia and around the world, Terri said he never thought of himself as a “big deal”.

But his funeral proved otherwise.

There was a private service organised in early September of 2006, but a public memorial service was held at Australia Zoo’s Crocoseum later that month.

Thousands packed into Australia Zoo for Steve Irwin’s memorial in September 2006. Picture: AAP

The service was broadcast live and was estimated to be viewed by 300 million people across the globe.

Then Prime Minister, John Howard, gave an opening address at the service and said Steve had a “great zest for life” and that everyone loved his “genuine” and “authentic” character.

Terri revealed in the podcast with Richard Wilkins and his son, Christian, that it was usually when they travelled overseas that they truly understood how big of a celebrity Steve had become.

She said one trip to the US saw them surrounded by 300 people during a routine trip to a supermarket.

Another incident in New York, where people were climbing over their limo, saw the mounted police called in to help the Irwins get through the crowd.

“Steve and I never really could get our heads around what was happening,” she said.