Brendan Fevola's daughter Mia quits social media after copping backlash for fleeing to her family's beach house during Victoria's Covid-19 lockdown
Mia Fevola has announced she is taking a break from social media after causing a stir over her 'tone-deaf' post amid Melbourne's latest Covid lockdown.
The 21-year-old stepdaughter of AFL great Brendan Fevola had complained about the restrictions on Thursday, saying she would be heading off to her family's beach house to ride it out.
But after facing backlash for her 'entitled' attitude, the model and influencer apologised on Friday and said she would be staying off Instagram for the time being.
Stepping back: Mia Fevola, 21, has announced she is taking a break from social media after causing a stir over her 'tone-deaf' post amid Melbourne 's latest Covid lockdown
Mia, who is dating rising footy star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, told her followers she had 'woken up to a mess'.
'I wanted to say I'm sorry to those I offended with my story yesterday,' she said.
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'I didn't think before I posted and had no intention of portraying it the way it came across.'
Mia added that she wasn't 'complaining' about the lockdown in her post on Thursday, but was just feeling 'frustrated'.
Tone-deaf: The stepdaughter of AFL great Brendan Fevola (right) had complained about the restrictions on Thursday, saying she'd be heading off to her family's beach house to ride it out
'I in no way meant to sound like I was complaining about going to our holiday house; I was merely frustrated going into a fifth lockdown,' she said.
'I understand people are struggling financially, mentally, and haven't seen their families and it was insensitive of me.
'I'm going to be quiet on here for a little while, but I wanted to apologise before I do so.'
Apology: after facing backlash for her 'entitled' attitude, the model and influencer apologised on Friday and said she would be staying off Instagram for the time being
Mia's initial comments about spending lockdown at her family's beach house were not well-received, with one follower sarcastically commenting: 'A minute's silence for Mia Fevola please. Thank you.'
Another troll wrote: 'I hope it rains and floods your holiday house.'
'Must be hard trying to live your life when you're so tone-deaf,' a third added.
Backlash: Mia's initial comments about spending lockdown at her family's beach house were not well-received, with one follower sarcastically commenting: 'A minute's silence for Mia Fevola please. Thank you.' Pictured: Mia (second from right) with her stepfather Brendan (left), mother Alex (second from left) and boyfriend Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (right)
'Sending likes and prayers for her while my business literally disintegrates,' a fourth commented.
Mia's divisive Instagram post read: 'Here we go again. This [one is] hitting hard for me, going to stay with my family at the holiday house.'
'Why can't people just do the right thing?' she concluded, presumably referring to Aussies not complying with stay-at-home orders.
Awkward: Mia's divisive Instagram post read: 'Here we go again. This is hitting hard for me, going to stay with my family at the holiday house. Why can't people just do the right thing?'
One critic noted the irony, pointing out that Mia was 'presumably' leaving her own suburb to go to her holiday house.
As the backlash grew, Mia tried to stem the tide of criticism by clarifying she and her family had 'been living at our holiday house for [the] majority of this year'.
'We haven't escaped down here, our home is being renovated so we are actually living here,' she said.
![Clarification: Mia responded to the online hate with an Instagram Story that clarified she and her family 'have been living at our holiday house for [the] majority of this year'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/16/02/45506547-9793685-Clarification_Mia_responded_to_the_online_hate_with_an_Instagram-a-67_1626397452467.jpg)
Clarification: Mia responded to the online hate with an Instagram Story that clarified she and her family 'have been living at our holiday house for [the] majority of this year'
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