Brighton Karen reveals how she drove to her neighbouring suburb to buy a loaf of bread and plans to stroll around a lake 10km from her home after whingeing about Melbourne's second lockdown
- Jodi Grollo went viral for complaining about Melbourne's second lockdown
- She said she was sick of walking the same routes and had covered all of Brighton
- Premier Daniel Andrews said it's better to be 'bored than in intensive care'
- Ms Grollo said she visited neighbouring suburb Hampton to buy bread
A mother who complained she was bored of walking the same streets of Brighton during lockdown has revealed she went to a neighbouring suburb to buy a loaf of bread.
Jodi Grollo, dubbed 'Brighton Karen', went viral after she claimed to have trudged through all the streets of the affluent coastal suburb.
'Well, you get sick of walking the same streets. You know, I've done all of Brighton,' she told Nine News while walking the city's Tan Track.
Jodi Grollo, dubbed 'Brighton Karen', went viral after she claimed to have trudged through all the streets of the affluent coastal suburb
Ms Grollo, who is the daughter of pokies baron Bruce Mathieson, told The Herald Sun she visited a nearby suburb for bread while in COVID-19 lockdown.
'I went to Hampton to buy bread too,' she said.
She also had plans to stroll around Albert Park Lake, about 10 kilometres north of Brighton.
Ms Grollo, who became a meme over her Brighton comments, has found her internet stardom to be quite entertaining and her son has even started an Instagram page, The Real Karen from Brighton.
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews previously slammed Melburnians who complained about the stay-at-home orders amid a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
'I've got a very clear message to every single Victorian, particularly some of those featured on social media: whether you are in Broadmeadows or Brighton, stay at home means stay at home,' he said on Saturday.
Pictured: A woman wearing a mask is seen walking along the banks of the Yarra River on Friday
'And if walking your local streets is boring, well, being bored is much better than being in intensive care. That's my clear message.'
Ms Grollo said she was not bothered by Mr Andrews' rebuke, or the hundreds of angry comments online, and hadn't seen them anyway.
'I'm not on social media so I didn't see any [of the backlash]. To be honest, I found it funny – it made my weekend,' she earlier told The Herald Sun.
Ms Grollo's father is one of the state's richest people, having an estimated $870 million fortune in 2019.
Her husband Gianni Grollo is also well-heeled, being related to construction and developer giants Bruno and Rino Grollo.
Pictured: An empty Degraves Street is seen at the usually peak morning period on Thursday
