Nadia Bartel spoke out in defence of Indy Clinton on Tuesday after the mummy blogger was brutally slammed by online trolls for her recent nose job, forcing the influencer to take a short hiatus offline.
The TikTok star, 27, has since made a slow return to her social media accounts, saying she feels ‘nervous’ about facing her bullies, but it seems she has an ally in a former AFL WAG, 39, who has been in her shoes before.
Nadia found herself the victim of ‘disgusting’ abuse when she was married to ex-husband AFL great Jimmy Bartel, now she has stepped in to defend ‘brave’ Indy, begging her critics to have some ’empathy’.
‘She has decided to do something to her own body and she was very public with that which I think is very brave… we can all connect with that because it’s nice to see someone being so real,’ the former WAG said in a TikTok video.
‘I can’t believe, this is mums and sisters and daughters out there, writing things about her appearance. Please just have a bit of empathy and just really think before you write something like that online.
‘If you have something negative to say, you’re allowed to have your opinions and say whatever you want, why do we continually have to tear women down? Why can’t you keep that opinion to yourself?’
Nadia Bartel spoke out in defence of Indy Clinton on Tuesday, after the mummy blogger was brutally slammed by online trolls for her recent nose job, forcing the influencer to take a short hiatus offline
It comes after controversial influencer Indy returned to the online space after she was relentlessly bullied by followers for the results of her recent rhinoplasty.
The mummy blogger underwent a nose job in March to correct an injury she suffered while surfing in 2020, but soon after she was hit with a ‘barrage of hate’ which forced her offline.
She returned to TikTok on Wednesday with a candid video blog explaining to her fans she was ‘nervous’ about coming back online, but was doing so for an important cause.
Her partner Ben Azar kicked off the video as he was seen making coffee using the couple’s espresso machine.
‘Good morning. Indy is really nervous about being back online because of all the haters out there. Everyone with an opinion that probably shouldn’t have one,’ he said.
Moments later, Indy came into the frame as she and Ben attempted to wrangle their three children—Navy, four, Bambi, two, and Soul, 14 months—for their morning routine.
‘I feel a little bit nervous about being back online because of the barrage of hate,’ Indy began, before she was interrupted by one of her young ones dropping something heavy on her foot.
‘I’m not fully back online just because of the barrage of hate I’ve received and I’m just feeling like I’m a bit flat and just not fully back into my groove yet. But I’m back online now.’
It comes after controversial influencer Indy returned to the online space after she was relentlessly bullied by followers for the results of her recent rhinoplasty
Indy went on to film the rest of her blog video as usual, taking her viewers along with her as she prepared to participate in the 2025 Witchery White Shirt campaign to raise awareness for ovarian cancer.
While fans flocked to the comments of the video with overwhelming support, there were a few critics who couldn’t help but lash out at the mummy blogger yet again—however, Indy was more prepared to combat them this time.
‘You were way more happier before all this nose s**t. Should of [sic] left it alone,’ one person wrote, to which Indy responded: ‘Crazy what bullying can do to someone’s mental health right?’
‘If you live your life online, it’s expected—almost granted [sic] to expect unwanted opinions… I love yas [sic]… just saying,’ said another.
‘I don’t, I live my life offline. Sad, bullying is expected because I have an online profile. If that’s your mindset, you should change,’ Indy hit back.
