Kirstie Allsopp has revealed why she had to quit Twitter after she admitted breaking her children’s iPads to get them off social media.
The Location, Location, Location host faced a barrage of criticism on social media following her comment and eventually deactivated her Twitter account.
Now, she has explained why she made the decision to come offline.
Kirstie explained that she chose to quit social media so that her young sons, Bay, 11 and nine-year-old Oscar, wouldn’t see the horrible comments written about her.
The 47-year-old told The Sun: “I didn’t want them to see that and that’s why I shut down the account. I usually get zero abuse on Twitter — there are controversies and people give their opinion — but it was the first time I’d been abused.”
She revealed that it was online gamers who particularly targeted her for her remark.
She added: “A lot of the gamers went nuts.
“I think they felt that someone was trying to cut their willy off or something.”
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Last year, during an interview on The Jeremy Vine Show, Kirstie confessed she broke her sons’ iPads because they ignored their curfew for playing the popular video game Fortnite.
Kirstie said on Jeremy Vine’s show: “This is the first time I’ve said this publicly. In June I smashed my kids’ iPads, not in a violent way. I actually banged them on the table leg.”
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The presenter is now back on Twitter after the backlash and the craft queen is currently on a mission with her new show Celebrity Craft Masters.
She said she is determined to get the Love Island millennials into crafting!
Kirstie explained: “I want the Love Island viewers to be interested in craft. If they watch the show once and never again but go and do a craft, then that’s the nut I’ve cracked.”
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