Australian Idol star Anthony Callea lambasts ‘deplorable’ Melburnians for wearing masks incorrectly

Anthony Callea has lambasted ‘ignorant and deplorable’ Melburnians for not taking the state’s mandatory mask rules seriously.

Soon after Premier Daniel Andrews declared a state of disaster over the coronavirus crisis after recording 671 new cases on Sunday, the Australian Idol star, 37, took to his Instagram Stories to detail a frustrating account of what happened during his short outing earlier in the day.

The singer – who also shared a now-viral clip of hordes of Melburnians congregating along a beach – blasted some for wearing their masks ‘hanging down’ and also took aim at those who removed their face coverings to chat with other dog owners.

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Anthony said in the clip: ‘Just took my dog out for a poo and did a lap around the park. The reason why parts of Victoria still has high cases of coronavirus is because there’s too many f******* out there that don’t give a f****** s***. 

‘Sorry about my French, but wearing a mask hanging down is not wearing a mask. Congregating with five or six people having a coffee and taking your masks off is not wearing a mask!’

He continued to advise: ‘Stop being in the middle of the street and having a conversation just because there’s another dog owner. [It] doesn’t mean you need to take your mask off and have a conversation. 

‘The amount of ignorant people out there is doing my head in,’ he concluded. 

Anthony went on to share the alarming clip of people appearing to flout social distancing measures again. 

He added the caption: ‘Really Melbourne? And then you blame everyone else and the government. Selfish, ignorant and deplorable behaviour.’

On Sunday a state of disaster was declared, and a curfew of 8 pm was instated to contain the soaring COVID-19 cases. 

Premier Daniel Andrews brought in the escalated emergency level as the state’s worsening catastrophe shows no signs of ending.

Mr Andrews confirmed Melbourne will to go into strict Stage 4 lockdown from 8 pm on Sunday until at least September 13.

The premier said the extremely tight restrictions was necessary to prevent to the lockdown dragging on until Christmas.