Nadia Bartel has issued an apology after she was filmed breaking Melbourne’s strict lockdown and snorting what is believed to be cocaine at a party on Thursday night.
The 36-year-old AFL WAG broke her silence several hours after the video was accidently uploaded to Instagram by Bartel’s friend and business partner, Ellie Pearson.
‘Hi everyone, I have let you all down by my actions. I take full responsibility and I am committed to taking all necessary steps to ensure I make better choices in future,’ she wrote in a post on Instagram on Friday evening.
Nadia Bartel (pictured) has apologised after footage circulated on social media showing the high-profile AFL WAG snorting white powder at a gathering
‘To my family and friends, my business partners and the public health workers trying to keep us all safe, I am embarrassed and remorseful.
‘I am truly and deeply sorry. I hope I can earn your forgiveness and, in time, your trust,’ she added.
Footage of Bartel snorting white powder off a plate at a gathering started going viral on Friday morning.
The three-second video was accidently uploaded to Instagram by Bartel’s friend and business partner Ellie Pearson on Thursday night.
In a post shared to Instagram on Friday afternoon, the 36-year-old AFL wag wrote: ‘Hi everyone, I have let you all down by my actions. ‘I take full responsibility and I am committed to taking all necessary steps to ensure I make better choices in future’
She added: ‘To my family and friends, my business partners and the public health workers trying to keep us all safe, I am embarrassed and remorseful. I am truly and deeply sorry. I hope I can earn your forgiveness and, in time, your trust’
In the video, Bartel snorts the powder off a $1.50 Kmart plate being held by a dark-haired woman, as a third woman displays a two-fingered hand gesture in the background.
The clip begins with the fashion and beauty influencer appearing to lean over the plate with a rolled-up banknote in her left nostril as she presses her right nostril.
She then snorted the substance as one of the women watches on.
Bartel snorts the powder off a $1.50 Kmart plate being held by a dark-haired woman, as a third woman displays a two-fingered hand gesture in the background. The three-second video was accidently uploaded to Instagram by Bartel’s friend Ellie Pearson last night
The clip begins with the fashion and beauty influencer appearing to lean over the plate with a rolled-up banknote in her left nostril as she presses her right nostril. She then snorts the substance as one of the women watches on
Private and public gatherings are not permitted in Melbourne, where Bartel lives, under Victoria’s statewide Covid restrictions.
Nadia’s apology – which includes an appeal for forgiveness from health workers – appears to confirm the gathering was held on Thursday evening.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Bartel for comment.
The video, which has been widely shared on social media, was mentioned at Premier Daniel Andrews’ (pictured) daily coronavirus briefing on Friday. Mr Andrews said he hadn’t seen the footage but stressed that all Victorians should follow the rules during lockdown
The video, which has been widely shared on social media, was mentioned at Premier Daniel Andrews’ daily coronavirus briefing on Friday.
Mr Andrews said he hadn’t seen the footage but stressed that all Victorians should follow the rules during lockdown.
‘I would urge everybody to do their very best to follow the rules, all of the time. I know it’s tough, I know it’s difficult,’ he said.
Bartel has turned off comments on her Instagram after the embarrassing video was leaked
She has also updated her Instagram bio to remove any reference to her companies, Henne and Spray Aus. (Top: her current bio; bottom: how her bio used to look via an Instagram mirror site)
‘Beyond that, I don’t tend to comment on footage that I haven’t seen.’
Meanwhile, Bartel has turned off comments on her Instagram posts after the embarrassing video was leaked.
She has also updated her Instagram bio to remove any reference to her companies, Henne and Spray Aus, perhaps because they were being targeted by trolls.
She is the ex-wife of retired AFL star Jimmy Bartel (right), a Brownlow Medallist who spent his career with the Geelong Cats. The couple split in 2019 after five years of marriage
Jimmy spent Thursday and Friday with the former couple’s two sons, Aston, five, and Henley, three, posting these updates on Instagram
Bartel had been pictured wearing the same outfit she had on in the video while picking up a box of wine in Melbourne earlier on Thursday.
She was joined by Pearson, with whom she runs the Spray Aus fake tan company.
She donned a one-shoulder top from her fashion brand Henne, which she teamed with a pair of black skinny jeans.
Bartel had been pictured wearing the same outfit she had on in the video while picking up wine in Melbourne earlier on Thursday
She was joined by Pearson (right), with whom she runs the Spray Aus fake tan company
She donned a one-shoulder top from her fashion brand Henne, which she teamed with a pair of black skinny jeans
Bartel is a mother of two and entrepreneur who runs the fake-tan company Spray Aus and clothing label Henne.
She is the ex-wife of retired AFL star Jimmy Bartel, a Brownlow Medallist who spent his career with the Geelong Cats.
The couple split in 2019 after five years of marriage.
She carried a box of wine from TarraWarra Estate
Bartel is a mother of two and entrepreneur who runs the fake-tan company Spray Aus and clothing label Henne. She is believed to be single following her split from Jimmy Bartel in 2019