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Latrell Mitchell has been told that his Indigenous rights campaigns on social media are a 'distraction', sapping too much energy from the NRL superstar.

Mitchell copped criticism for his vocal protestations against Spencer Leniu after the Roosters star admitted to calling Ezra Mam a 'monkey' during the Las Vegas opener last month.

Leniu was suspended for eight games for the racist slur and ARLC chief Peter V'landys warned the Bunnies star for trying to influence a judiciary outcome before the hearing after he posted on Instagram that the NRL 'better deal with this s***'. 

Mitchell also engaged in a back-and-forth with Anthony Mundine on social media over the saga.

But former NSW Blues coach Fittler, who coached Mitchell during State of Origin, says the fullback - whose future with Souths is uncertain - has been distracted ever since the Mam scandal.