Fitness influencer Kayla Itsines 'told off' for her choice of breakfast - after sharing emotional health update
Kayla Itsines has been called out by a surprising critic over her choice of breakfast food.
The fitness influencer, 34, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a clip which showed her tucking into her morning meal.
She appeared to be enjoying a plate of leftovers as she scooped forkfuls of pasta into her mouth - but one person was unimpressed with her culinary choices.
It seems Kayla's breakfast did not sit well with her eldest child Arna, six, who was quick to call out her mother for being 'unhealthy'.
'What did you say, Arna? What's wrong with my food.' Kayla asked in the clip as she continued to enjoy her pasta.
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Arna said she couldn't understand her mum's unique breakfast choice, particularly given she and little brother Jax, two, ate healthy for their first meal of the day.
'Why would you have pasta for breakfast?' she asked.
'Look at me and Jaxy and Jae [Woodroffe, Kayla's fiancé] - we're eating healthy breakfast. And that's not good breakfast. That's dinner food.'
Not bowing to the dressing down, Kayla continued to enjoy her pasta breakfast while explaining to her daughter: 'It's still healthy.'
Kayla shares daughter Arna with ex Tobi Pearce and Jax with fiancé Jae Woodroffe
It comes after Kayla shared an emotional video this week when doctors found a lesion on her cervix.
The fitness influencer posted to Instagram on Tuesday as she prepared to go to her cancer appointment a year after the lesion discovery, breaking down as she expressed her nerves.
'I had one of those appointments a year and a bit ago and they found a pre-cancerous lesion on my cervix and I had to go and get it removed,' she told her fans.
The fitness influencer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a clip which showed her tucking into her morning meal - and her choice of dish did not sit well with daughter Arna, six.
'I'm going in today and I'm so anxious,' the 34-year-old confessed to the camera with tears in her eyes.
'I'm so nervous and I'm trying to train. I don't know why I feel like I'm about to cry,' she said as her voice broke.
She then posted a follow-up video as she was getting into her car to make her way to the appointment.
'I'm not going,' she began the post, before quickly backtracking.
'I'm kidding. I'm going. I'm going!
'I'm gonna go there and there's going to be nothing wrong. I'm going to be like, "Oh wow, beautiful, amazing,"' she said as she pep-talked herself.
She later thanked her fans for the outpouring of support she received in the wake of her Instagram clips.
In January, Kayla opened up about a shock health scare which led her to be hospitalised.
Alongside a photo of her lying in a hospital bed, Kayla revealed she had been suffering from some frightening symptoms.
She said she couldn't talk properly, was having trouble focusing her eyes and had a headache which felt like her 'brain was going to explode'.
The post was re-shared by Instagram account Influencer Updates with Amber Paul.
A second image was a photo of Kayla smiling at the camera as she wore a pair of white headphones.
The image also included a screenshot of a period tracker app, displaying the words: 'Period: day 2.'
'Now, should be right mate,' she captioned the second image.
'I think @kayla_itsines is saying she was hospitalised with these symptoms and turns out it was her period coming,' Amber captioned her re-post.
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