Bindi Irwin, ‘Dancing With The Star’s’ Winner Grieves Her Father’s Loss: Amanda Vanstone Reacts, She Is ‘Not Special’ Because Of The Mishap

Amanda Vanstone, former politician, who is not known for empathy, gained attention when she attacked "Dancing With The Stars'" Bindi Irwin that she does not become special because she lost her father.

Bindi Irwin, 17, winner of "Dancing With The stars," who cried after paying tribute to her lost father on the show was hit by Vanstone. "Give me a break. She's not the only kid whose father has died. My father died when I was young; it happens to lots of kids. It doesn't make her special," commented Vanstone on the Verdict when the show host, Karl Stefavonic, commended Irwin on winning the show, according to STARTS AT 60.

Vanstone, who herself had lost her dad when she was young asked Irwin to stop making a big deal out of her father's death and get over it. "I don't make an issue of these things, I think people who do are appalling," she said. 

"My simple point is, [Bindi] is no different to any other person and my sympathies go with kids whose parents have just died or are dying. There are lots of Aussie kids, little kids, whose parents have recently died. (Irwin's) died eight or nine years ago or something," She added.

Vanstone's comment left the show-host, panel and audience shocked, but Vanstone is not apologetic about what she said and is not ready to back down.

Irwin said she never looked for people's sympathy on her father's death. She had hardly opened her heart out in public before the show, where she spoke about it for the first time.

Sunshine Coast Crocodile Hunter and Bindi Irwin's father, Steve Irwin passed away in 2006 when a stingray barb penetrated through his heart during the shooting of a documentary in Port Douglas. Since his death, Bindi Irwin has continued his conservation work and made her own wildlife documentaries, "Bindi The Jungle Girl," reported The Daily Telegraph.