Victorian MP slams Daniel Andrews for 'gloating' about lifting lockdown despite 800 coronavirus deaths - but his serious social media post is ruined thanks to four very unfortunately placed donuts
- Premier Daniel Andrews shared photo of donuts after no new COVID-19 cases
- Liberal MP Tim Smith said he should instead reflect on the 800 lives lost in crisis
- He shared a photo of donuts in the shape of the number 800 onto Twitter
- Many suggested placement of the donuts looked similar to that of a 'penis'
A Victorian MP who criticised Daniel Andrews for celebrating the end of lockdown has sparked a social media frenzy after sharing a photo of awkwardly placed donuts.
The premier had tweeted a photo on Monday night of himself tucking into a box of the treats to mark the first day without any new coronavirus cases since June.
Liberal member, Tim Smith, said that instead of 'gloating', Mr Andrews should be reflecting on the 800 plus lives lost in the pandemic, posting a photo of four donuts in the shape of the number of deaths.
But his post has since attracted attention for all the wrong reasons, with many pointing out the placement of the donuts look similar to the shape of a penis.
Liberal MP, Tim Smith has sparked a social media frenzy after tweeting a photo of donuts in the shape of the number 800 to reflect the lives lost in Victoria's second wave of coronavirus. Many critics suggested the shape looked like a penis
'800. That's the number Daniel Andrews should be reflecting on,' he tweeted on Tuesday morning.
'Rather than gloating, he should take responsibility for 800 Victorians who died in the second wave caused by his hotel quarantine fiasco.
'The last four months has been a tragedy for so many families.'
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His post was quickly flooded with comments with many poking fun at the unfortunate placement.
'Tim this looks like a donut penis. Please get better at this,' journalist, David Millner said.
'Oh dear Tim. You have no idea how much that made me laugh. Not a clue what your pic looks like do you,' another wrote.
Premier Daniel Andrews posted these pictures to social media on Monday as Victoria's coronavirus cases fell to zero, prompting both joyful praise and savage criticism
Queensland University virologist Professor Ian Mackay got into the spirit reminding Victoria of how they had crushed a major outbreak of a highly infectious virus
'Not sure making a d**k out of donuts is the most gracious way to reflect on the number of people who have died from COVID in Victoria,' one commented.
'Please stop sending unsolicited d**k pics. This is not a dating app,' another tweeted.
In the wake of the backlash, Mr Smith said the suggestion that the donuts represented a penis was 'sick'.
'800 Victorians have died, how can anyone even suggest this? It's sick,' he said in a statement to Daily Mail Australia.
'This is a callous and deranged response to me for pointing out that 800 people died because of Daniel Andrews' failures.
'If others see anything else but the figure 800 that is a reflection on them not me. Labor and their creepy trolls have a callous disregard for the deaths of 800 Victorians.'
After announcing Victoria had recorded no new cases of the deadly virus on Monday, Mr Andrews also shared a photo of himself pouring two glasses of $119 whisky.
A string of restrictions will be eased from midnight on Tuesday including removing the rule that allows people to only leave homes for four reasons (pictured residents in Melbourne on Monday)
'Said I'd go a little higher up the shelf. Here's to you, Victoria,' he captioned the post.
The premier was following up on a quip at a press conference earlier on Monday when he announced pubs, restaurants, and many other business would reopen.
'Can I confirm you are saying we can finally get on the beers?,' a reporter asked.
'I don't know that I'll be drinking a beer tonight,' Mr Andrews said. 'I might go a little higher up the shelf.'
Tens of thousands of joyous comments erupted beneath the post on Facebook, many of them thanking the premier for his work during the challenging lockdown.
His post attracted more than 140,000 'likes' and over 30,000 comments in just four hours.
But hundreds of others blasted the premier for waiting too long to reopen.
'Lucky you can (celebrate). Lots of people don't have food on the table because of you,' wrote one on Facebook.
Please. 127,000 jobs, 800 lives, thousands of businesses lost. We are celebrating Victorians not its Government... Let's drink to the human loss and find out why this happened. People need to be accountable,' wrote another, this time on Twitter.
'Dan getting drunk while everyone has lost their business,' wrote a third.
Victoria recorded a second day with no new cases on Tuesday.
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