{"id":431133,"date":"2026-01-23T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:00:25","slug":"brendan-fevola-gambling-addiction-mia-fevola-reveals-toll-of-dad-brendan-fevolas-gambling-addiction-on-the-family-leaving-them-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431133\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Fevola gambling addiction: Mia Fevola reveals toll of dad Brendan Fevola’s gambling addiction on the family, leaving them ‘homeless’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mia Fevola<\/a> has spoken about stepfather Brendan Fevola’s<\/a> gambling addiction that threatened to tear their family’s life apart.<\/p>\n

The model and influencer, 26, \ufeffrevealed he once “gambled his whole yearly wage, a million dollars” during a candid admission on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! this week.<\/p>\n

The former AFL star turned radio personality, 45, is married to Alex Fevola, 48, and Mia says the family were left “homeless” at one point due to his gambling.<\/p>\n

W\ufeffatch the video \ufeffabove.<\/p>\n

\"MiaMia Fevola has spoken out on dad Brendan Fevola’s gambling addiction. (Instagram)<\/p>\n

“He stepped down from Carlton, got the trade to Brisbane… then got sacked in rehab,” she shared with her campmates on the show.<\/p>\n

“He gambled his whole yearly wage, a million dollars and then the bookies came after him and then didn’t tell us. So my mum was like, ‘Where’s the pay?'”<\/p>\n

In a candid piece to camera, Mia said she has “blocked” the gambling saga out of her mind.<\/p>\n

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\"Alex“He gambled his whole yearly wage, a million dollars.” (Instagram)<\/p>\n

“The whole gambling situation, I blocked so much of it out, I think just as a defence mechanism,” she explained.<\/p>\n

“I know he gambled $363,000 in a day, but to be honest my mum tried very hard to protect us [Mia and her siblings] from all of these things.<\/p>\n

“I only found out when people at school would tell me.”<\/p>\n

She said at one point, the family was forced to move in with their grandmother when they became “homeless”.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“We just bought a house and didn’t settle so we got sued, and then we were homeless because he gambled every cent ever that we had.”<\/p>\n

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She said her mum went on to do the reality dance competition Dancing With The Stars and Brendan ”went to rehab”, and soon the family overcame the gambling issue.\ufeff<\/p>\n

”You know, my mum did Dancing With the Stars, and that’s how we sort of got back on our feet. Dad went to rehab,” she added.<\/p>\n

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Brendan reportedly filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and has spoken about his gambling addiction in the past.<\/p>\n

“I did [lose a lot of our savings], hence why Alex left the first time when we were in Brisbane. She went back because of the gambling,” he previously said on Fox FM.<\/p>\n

“Now she looks after a lot of the accounts, which is good<\/p>\n

\"CarltonThe former AFL great reportedly filed for bankruptcy in 2013. (Getty)<\/p>\n

“The worst thing is it didn’t actually affect me too much but if affects your family and that’s the bottom line, Alex and the kids.<\/p>\n

“It’s an addictive thing, it’s a really bad addiction to have and it obviously cripples a lot of people’s lives.”\ufeff<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know needs support contact Lifeline<\/a> on 13 11 14 or the Gambling Helpline<\/a> 1800 858 858.<\/p>\n

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