‘Just do it': Abbie Chatfield sparks outrage over message to young American men
Controversial Australian influencer Abbie Chatfield has sparked outrage online after calling on young American men to 'just do it' while making a gun symbol with her hand.
The clip, which was shared last month, is being circulated online by furious Australians.
In the video, Chatfield appears to address American 'incels' — a term which refers to a subculture of young men who are hostile towards women because they consider themselves unable to attract women sexually.
'Americans, when are you going to do it? Why isn't it already done?' Chatfield says in the video.
'Every day there is another (gun symbol) happening. Awful for your country. Awful, right.
'Why don't you redirect this energy towards something else? There are all these incels going 'no one wants to f*** me' so they go and do (gun symbol).
'Do you know what would actually make people respect you and maybe actually want to f*** you? Is if you did it.
'You'd get heaps of fan mail. Oh my god.
'Just do it.
'Like you are all doing it every day anyway.' Abbie Chatfield has sparked outrage over the since-deleted video. Credit: TikTok/Instagram
Social media users have flocked online to share the clip, calling for punitive measures to be taken against Chatfield.
Victorian Senator Ralph Babet slammed Chatfield's behaviour, noting she recently interviewed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ahead of the 2025 federal election.
'Prime Minister Albanese must immediately condemn Abbie Chatfield's vile rhetoric,' he wrote on X.
Another Australian said: 'Chatfield needs to be arrested for inciting violence.'
'This is the person who Albanese promotes.'
'What is going on in this world that people like Abbie Chatfield think this is acceptable?!' a third person wrote.
7NEWS.com.au has contacted Abbie Chatfield's management team for comment.
Chatfield, a left-wing commentator with over 1.225 million followers on Instagram and TikTok, is no stranger to controversy.
Last year, she was blasted online after calling Americans 'uneducated' in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory.
Earlier this year, Chatfield interviewed Labor PM Anthony Albanese on her podcast It's A Lot.
The sit-down sparked an Australian Electoral Commission investigation amid concerns it may have breached electoral laws by not including an authorisation message.
Authorisation statements are legally required on political content from someone communicating an electoral or political matter.
Chatfield was ultimately cleared of any wrong doing after the AEC department found her content 'does not need an authorisation statement'.
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