Martha Kalifatidis hits back after she is criticised for 'yelling' at her three-year-old son: 'I didn't realise I was amongst all these perfect parents'

Martha Kalifatidis has hit back at fans who criticised her for 'yelling' at her three-year-old son Lucius, who she shares with fiancé Michael Brunelli.

The Married At First Sight star, 38, copped a wave of backlash last Friday when she was seen losing her temper with her toddler during a sponsored TikTok video.

A day later, she uploaded another vlog-style video and mocked the 'perfect parents' who judged her parenting. 

'Oh, my God, hi! If it isn't all the perfect parents on the internet,' she began the clip as she held her five-month-old daughter Sunday. 

'Look at all these perfect parents just sitting on their phones scrolling away. Scrolling and watching and judging.'

Martha then carried on with her vlog like usual, later adding in the caption: 'Sorry I didn't realise I was amongst all these perfect parents and scholars.'  

It comes after Martha divided her fans after raising her voice at her three-year-old son on camera during a sponsored post on TikTok.

The former Married At First Sight bride appeared in a sponsored clip with her two young children as she promoted an electrolyte drink.

Martha became visibly flustered as her toddler son Lucius began distracting her in the middle of the video.

Lucius told her he wanted her to 'make porridge' and began yelling loudly in the direction of his mother and five-month-old sister Sunday.

'Stop screaming in her face! Get off the stool and get out of the kitchen,' a frustrated Martha reprimanded her eldest child, who screamed 'no' in response and then exited the room.

Martha then admitted to fans there were significant challenges that came with parenting young children. 

'Honestly, the simplest tasks take two hours. Breakfast... two hours! I'm a psycho... I know I need to be more patient, how does anyone get anything done with kids?' she vented.

Martha's clip divided fans, who took to the comments section to share their thoughts.

'Stop screaming in his face!' one person said.

'This absolutely broke my heart. I could never yell at a toddler for trying to interact with his little sister. They're learning how to interact, by yelling at him you're not teaching him anything, you're just shutting him down,' a second added.

'You were a bit harsh with how you spoke,' another chipped in.

However, others were supportive of Martha and said she was trying her hardest to handle a difficult situation.

'Parenting is hard. Not one of us is perfect,' one supporter wrote.

'Don't you all act like you don't lose some patience here with a toddler AND a newborn. Chill,' a second added.

Martha shares her two children with long-term partner and fellow TV star Michael Brunelli.

She has previously opened up about some of the challenges she faced with her first pregnancy.

Martha battled through hyperemesis gravidarum during her pregnancy with Lucius in 2022 and was hospitalised at the height of her illness.

Michael explained that before going to hospital, Martha had spent the 'best part of the last 10 weeks in bed 24 hours a day, dehydrated, nauseous, vomiting, restless, tired, anxious, fatigued and unable to properly sleep or eat'.

Martha vanished from social media for months during that pregnancy as she was so ill with HG, which causes persistent and excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnant women.

The couple first met on MAFS in 2019 and got engaged two years later, but are yet to marry.