Fitness influencer sparks FURIOUS backlash after slamming male gym-goer for simply looking at her through a window as she 'admired' her OWN bum in the mirror – as critics condemn her 'victim mentality'

A fitness influencer has sparked heated debate after calling out a male stranger who she caught checking out her derriere in the mirror as he walked past her at the gym.

Addison Elisa, who lives in North Carolina, took to Instagram to share the now-deleted clip with her followers.

It showed the fitness fanatic working up a storm in an empty gym as she flexed her muscles in the mirror – before seeing a man walk past the glass doors and look inside.

Addison appeared to take a swipe at the unsuspecting man for “admiring her winnings,” but other social media users were quick to criticize her for jumping to conclusions.

In the original clip, which has since been deleted, Addison was seen admiring her gym gains in skin-tight shorts and a crop top.

She flexed her arms and looked at her ass in the mirror as a man walked by in the background.

He peered through the glass window before Addison, seeming to realize his presence, turned away sharply.

The influencer added text to the video that read, “POV: You admire your winnings, but so does the random guy walking past the room.”

She continued in the caption, writing, “I wish I could say this is the first time this has happened [happened].'

But shortly after posting, the video was picked up by fellow influencer Joey Swoll, who was less than impressed.

He reshared Addison's clip with his 3.4 million followers before adding his own comment, as he urged: 'Fputting your a** out there for the whole internet to see, but you're mad that a guy walking by looks in to see what you're doing?

'How does that even make sense? This nonsense has to stop.

'You are in a shared space: the gym. You have set up a tripod. You're posing.'

He continued, “People will be watching you. That is normal. This doesn't make that guy a gym crawler.

“But let me guess: If he had looked at your post online and liked it, you'd be okay with it. You have to do better. Mind your own business.'

And it seems dozens of other social media users shared his sentiment as one sarcastically wrote, “I can't believe guys walk by and LOOK IN A WINDOW FOR TWO SECONDS. The nerve.'

Another person added, “Because she wants the attention, but she doesn't want the attention…but she wants the attention.”

A third person wrote: 'I'm over people like this. Get over yourself. No one is looking at you.'

Another follower commented: 'Classic case of main character syndrome.'

One person who claims to know the man in the video personally defended him, writing: “This is my gym and I have known the man in the video for over a year.

'Nictest man and the farthest thing from a creep!!! He's just there to train, just like the rest of us!!'

Following the widespread furor, Addison shared another video to directly address Joey's comments.

She started it off by saying, “At the end of the day, I posted what I posted. I didn't have to zoom in on that man.

'I take full responsibility for that. I don't know who he is, but the video is very out of context and misinterpreted.

“My caption had nothing to do with me feeling uncomfortable because this guy was walking by. I didn't say he was sexualizing me. I didn't call him a pedo. None of these words were used.”

She continued, “So if you want me to take responsibility, I will now.

“I didn't have to do that at all, so I apologize, but your fan base also needs to take responsibility if you're going to claim to be the CEO of positivity while your followers radiate negativity and hate.

“So as you say, 'do better,' respectively.”

In her caption, she explained that viewers may notice her “getting clumsy” in the video when she sees someone approaching.

She brought up that it was 'not because he was a man', but because it had 'caught her off guard'.

Addison added that she doesn't care who looks at her at the gym, “because we all have eyes.”

She called out Joey because he allegedly gave the impression that she was 'pinning' [herself] to be sexualized.'

The content creator closed the video with the same advice Joey told her, saying, “Do it better and also take responsibility for the hatred that comes from your actions.'

Addison disabled the comments on her video response.