Comedian Nikki Osborne has voiced her support for Sam Frost, days after the actress shared a troubling video explaining why she didn't want to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Nikki, 40, aired her frustrations on Sunday after noticing several fellow comedians were promoting World Mental Health Day online, mere hours after 'openly trolling' Sam Frost.
Posting to Instagram Stories, the TV presenter wrote: 'A lot of comedians banging on about World Mental Health Day after aggressively and openly trolling Sam Frost last night.'
Nikki defends Sam: Nikki Osborne, 40, (left) has called out fellow comedians who 'banged on about mental health' on World Mental Health Day - mere hours after 'aggressively trolling' Sam Frost, 32, (right) over her vaccine confession
'Quit virtue signalling. Show some class,' she added.
Nikki chose not to name the 'comedians' mentioned in her post, however.
In her widely-criticised video, Sam tearfully admitted she was unvaccinated, and revealed that her mental health had suffered as a result of the 'segregation' between those who are jabbed and the people who refuse.
Frustrated: Posting to Instagram Stories, the TV presenter wrote: 'A lot of comedians banging on about World Mental Health Day after aggressively and openly trolling Sam Frost last night. Quit virtue signalling. Show some class'
Controversy: Sam's video, which received widespread criticism, saw the 32-year-old tearfully admit she was unvaccinated, and that her mental health had suffered as a result of the 'segregation' between those who are jabbed and people who refuse
Among the many Australians who spoke out against Sam's video was comedian Em Rusciano, who Tweeted at the time: 'Watching Sam Frost tearfully speak about 'segregation' because she chooses not to get vaccinated and being called 'brave' by her followers is taking me to a level of 'what the f**k' I didn't know was possible.'
Fellow comedian Nazeem Hussain also Tweeted: 'You know what 'segregates us from each other'? Dying from Covid.'
'Making yourself a victim for being unvaccinated and a reason the virus keeps killing us, is the new making yourself a victim for being called out for your racism. It’s peak Australia.'
Staying mum: Nikki chose not to name the 'comedians' mentioned in her post, however
It is not known whether Em nor Nazeem uploaded subsequent posts promoting World Health Day, however, as any Instagram Stories uploaded on Sunday have since expired.
Sam deactivated her Instagram account on Saturday afternoon, shortly after revealing in an emotional video that she was unvaccinated and her mental health had suffered as a result of other people 'judging' her.
The actress, 32, who has played nurse Jasmine Delaney on Home and Away since 2017, called for less judgement towards unvaccinated Australians.
Critics: Among the many Australians who spoke out against Sam's video were comedians Em Rusciano (left) and Nazeem Hussain (right)
'I was really hesitant about doing a video or even speaking up about this sort of thing, but I feel like it's getting to a point now in the world where there's a lot of segregation,' she said.
'There's a lot of
