Roxy Jacenko complains about the stress of running her own business

She had a tough week following a dispute with an audience member at her In Conversation event in Sydney.

And on Sunday, Roxy Jacenko was admittedly overwhelmed by the stress of running her own business.

Taking to Instagram, the PR queen shared a downcast selfie alongside the words: 'People think owning your own business means you will work less ... No, you will work harder than you've ever worked!'

'People think owning your own business means you will work less!' PR queen Roxy Jacenko complains about the stress of running her own company... after 'ugly dispute' with a guest at her event in Sydney 

'People think owning your own business means you will work less!' PR queen Roxy Jacenko complains about the stress of running her own company... after 'ugly dispute' with a guest at her event in Sydney 

Earlier in the week, the 39-year-old entrepreneur was reportedly involved in a dispute with an audience member at her In Conversation event.

Anthony Hess told The Daily Telegraph that he and the PR maven exchanged words at the Sparkling White Smile Presents In Conversation with Roxy ­Jacenko event at The Ivy in Sydney on Tuesday evening. 

'She came at me like a steam train. It was just so unnecessary. She kept saying, 'where is the respect?'' Hess claimed to the paper.  

'She came at me like a steam train!' Claims Roxy (pictured) clashed with an attendee at her pricey In Conversation event as 'vulgar language' was hurled

'She came at me like a steam train!' Claims Roxy (pictured) clashed with an attendee at her pricey In Conversation event as 'vulgar language' was hurled

It's unclear what the disagreement was over, but Hess alleges another attendee at the event made '­homophobic slurs' towards him, causing him and business partner Lena to leave before the talk started. 

Hess also claims Roxy's husband Oliver Curtis stepped in to help diffuse the situation and was 'really nice'. 

Hess' friend, named only as Lena, went on to tell the paper Roxy 'screamed' at the pair.  

A representative for Roxy Jacenko told the paper Hess was, 'disruptive, aggressive

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