Aussie fast bowler Mitchell Johnson's mother has launched an extraordinary attack on her son's "bitchy" fiancée, accusing her of "stealing" him.
On the eve of the Ashes series in England, Vikki Harber also slammed Cricket Australia for flying players' girlfriends to overseas games instead of parents.
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Ms Harber told the
Herald Sun she used to have a close relationship with her son before his karate champ fiancée Jessica Bratich started going out with him.
"Up until he met Jessica we were very close . . . but he hasn't spent a night under my roof since he met Jessica," the newspaper quoted Ms Harber as saying.
"I get a text on Mother's Day and a text on my birthday," she said.
"It has been like this since Jess came on the scene."
Ms Harber and Johnson's father Kevin Johnson separated when the cricketer was nine and he grew up living alternately with each parent in Queensland.
But last year Johnson moved to Perth to be with Ms Bratich, who has become one of Australia's most popular WAGs and recently featured on the cover of Ralph magazine.
Ms Harbour said she was disappointed Cricket Australia paid for Ms Bratich to travel around the world with Johnson on tour while she was not given the same opportunity.
"For the wives and the children I think it is great that they support them and send them over there, but who are these girlfriends? They are just girlfriends," Ms Harber said.
"She [Ms Bratich] gets all these trips, she gets flown there, accommodation, food and all of that."
Johnson's manager Sam Halvosen told the Herald Sun the cricketer was aware of his mother's comments but did not want to discuss them.
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