'I don't care if you don't watch the news': Erin Molan launches a stunning attack on 'idiotic' NRL stars Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr over coronavirus fines
- Erin Molan has unleashed on Latrell Mitchell, Josh Addo Carr and Nathan Cleary
- The trio were all caught flouting social distancing rules last week amid COVID-19
- Molan and NRL legend Peter Sterling called their behaviour 'idiotic' and 'stupid'
- Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr apologised for their 12-man camping trip
- Tik Tok videos of Cleary have emerged since he was fined $10,000 by the NRL
- NRL has issued another breach notice with further penalties expected to follow
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
Erin Molan has unleashed on NRL stars for flouting measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
The 36-year-old was scathing towards Josh Addo Carr, Latrell Mitchell and Nathan Cleary after footage of them ignoring social distancing measures was posted on social media last week.
Mitchell and Addo Carr defied government sanctions and went on a 12-man camping trip on the New South Wales mid north coast, while Cleary was caught in Tik Tok videos with a group of women on Anzac Day.
NRL stars Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr are seen in a group of 12 people on a camping trip - openly flouting social distancing rules designed to keep people safe from COVID-19
Erin Molan has slammed NRL stars for disregarding social distancing measures in the wake of the coronavirus
Molan hosted The Sunday Footy Show panel with former NRL stars Paul Gallen, Peter Sterling and Brad Fittler and gave a blunt assessment of the trio's behaviour.
'I don't care if you don't watch the news or if you don't read newspapers, there is nobody in Australia that does not understand what was required of them. There is nobody that doesn't understand that,' she said.
Parramatta Eels legend Sterling agreed, claiming the group put people's lives at risk by ignoring the rules.
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'What's distasteful and the thing that people don't like is the sense of entitlement. It's almost ''we're all in this together, except us'',' he said.
'This stupidity and entitlement is at a time like no other. There's so much more at stake now than what has ever been when we've had player misbehaviour.
'That to me adds to the magnitude of the penalties and the offence because it is putting peoples lives at risk.'
Molan said the actions of individuals can make an enormous impact on the spread of the virus throughout the country.
'I think individually you're saying they're not really putting lives at risk, but if more and more people do it,' she said.
'All it takes is for a few people not to do the right thing. We are human beings and the virus is the same virus all over the world, we're all the same humans and we can be impacted like everywhere else.
'There's a reason we're not and that is because most people are doing the right thing.'
Mitchell and Addo Carr were both given $20,000 fines and both apologised on their respective Instagram pages.
'I just want to apologise for my actions this weekend,' a remorseful Mitchell said.
'I've been up here with my family for the last four to five weeks and practicing that social distancing stuff.
Melbourne Storm star Josh Addo-Carr (pictured) sparked controversy after he posted several pictures of a boys weekend away on the NSW mid north coast on Instagram
'Had a little bit of a slip-up but like I said Foxxy (Addo Carr) reached out, had his cousins are going through a bit of stuff in Sydney and just wanted to get out here to the bush, make sure they're getting cultured and connected again,' he said.
'That's the whole part of the concept of this weekend was, I wasn't here to break any rules or hurt anyone.
'We're not being selfish, I couldn't turn down the brothers in a time of need.
Addo Carr said 'nothing was intentional or deliberate.'
Cleary was fined $10,000 by the NRL on Tuesday after images emerged of him with a group of women at his house in apparent disregard of social distancing measures.
After that penalty was imposed two videos of Cleary dancing with up to five women were then uploaded to social media platform TikTok.
The NRL issued a brief statement on Friday night confirming Cleary has been served with an amended breach notice, which likely relates to the videos.
The 22-year-old originally had 60 per cent of a $10,000 fine and a one-game ban suspended by the NRL.
The NRL is in the process of organising a resumed 20-round competition starting on May 28 with an October 25 grand final.
Nathan Cleary pictured with five women in his home on Anzac Day in an apparent breach of social distancing rules
