Playboy model Dani Mathers has tearfully told of how she had to hide out at her mother's home after facing backlash for body-shaming a naked elderly woman in an LA gym.

The 30-year-old model pleaded no contest to invasion of privacy charges last week and agreed to carry out 30 days of community service as punishment for posting a nude photo of the 70-year-old woman on Snapchat.

In an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Mathers teared up as said being the target of online backlash had taught her a lot about privacy.

'I've lost a lot of that myself as well. We've had a lot of paparazzi involved in my family life. I had my privacy taken away after I took someone else's,' she said.

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Playboy model Dani Mathers has tearfully told of how she had to hide out at her mother's home after facing backlash for body-shaming a naked elderly woman in an LA gym in a TV interview on Wednesday

'To hide out at my mother's house at age 30 because of something I've done. It just felt really low.'

Mathers said she had tried to reach out to the woman in her Snapchat post to apologize directly, but had failed to do so.

'I haven't been able to actually meet the woman involved, although I've wanted to. So there's just been a lot of unresolved issues,' Mathers said.

'I never meant to hurt her. I never ever intended on showing the world this photo. And that I hope that she could forgive me. I don't expect her to forget. I don't expect her to like me. I just, I really want her forgiveness.'

In sentencing her last week, the judge ordered Mathers to stay 100 yards away from the victim and all LA Fitness premises.

The model was last week given the option of serving 45 days in jail or agree to 30 days community labor after striking a plea deal in court.

Mathers looked solemn in court as she accepted the plea deal of three years probation and 30 days of graffiti removal in Los Angeles

Mathers sparked widespread outrage after she shared the naked photo on Snapchat last July with the derisive caption: 'If I can't unsee this then you can't either'

She opted to carry out 30 days of community labor in the form of graffiti removal and will be placed on three years probation.

Mathers sparked widespread outrage after she shared the naked photo on Snapchat last July with the derisive caption: 'If I can't unsee this then you can't either.'

The picture which caused the controversy showed an unsuspecting senior as she was getting changed in the women's locker room at a branch of LA Fitness in Los Angeles.

Mathers also appeared in the image, smirking with her headphones on.

She faced a global backlash for her actions, and was lambasted for body shaming the woman, who has not been identified.

The model was charged with misdemeanor invasion of privacy under a California law that prohibits the secret recording or photographing of an 'identifiable person' in a home, changing room or tanning booth without the subject's consent.

Mathers did eventually apologize for body-shaming the elderly gym member and deleted her social media accounts in July last year.

She tweeted: 'I'm sorry for what I did... I need to take some time to myself now to reflect on why I did this horrible thing.'