Geelong star Bailey Smith responds to Mad Monday backlash after Mitch Brown said ‘Heath Ledger’s way hotter’

Geelong star Bailey Smith has fired back after he was criticised for his social media posts during Geelong’s Mad Monday antics.

The AFL’s first openly bisexual player Mitch Brown called out Smith’s series of controversial Instagram posts during the Cats’ end-of-season celebrations, particularly an image of Smith and Patrick Dangerfield referencing the film Brokeback Mountain, captioned, “this is what losing a granny does to ya.”

In response, Brown posted a picture of Heath Ledger from Brokeback Mountain, writing, “Just for the record, Heath Ledger’s way hotter.”

He then followed up with another pointed remark: “Last time I checked, losing a Grand Final doesn’t make you gay, but being homophobic definitely makes you a loser.”

On Monday night, Smith appeared to reply with an Instagram st