‘Bet your penalties are expensive’ Sue Radford mum-shamed for ‘plastic’ family holiday & risking fines for her 22 kids
SUE Radford has been savagely mum-shamed for taking her children on a ‘plastic’ family holiday to Florida.
The mum-of-22, 48, has shared a variety of posts of the bumper brood’s epic vacation to the States, with regular trips to theme parks, water parks and chilled days by the pool.
It’s their 18th getaway in the last 20 months for this famous family – after recent visits to the Maldives, New York and Lapland.
In a recent Instagram post, which was shared on the family’s official account, where the clan have amassed a whopping 528,000 followers, Sue shared a series of snaps of the Radford clan enjoying their trip.
The post was captioned ‘Little photo dump from the last few days’ and we saw Sue pose with her little ones, whilst wearing Minnie Mouse ears.
There was also a picture of Noel, 53, smiling with his granddaughter Elodie, Millie Radford’s youngest child, who is just seven-months-old.
Amongst the gorgeous pictures of blue skies at Epcot and Animal Kingdom, was a stunning snap of the iconic Disney castle, as well as images of the Radford children dressed up in themed costumes.
Not only this, Sue also shared adorable snaps of her little ones enjoying some time at their villa complex’s huge swimming pool.
BIG DIVIDE
The post was shared just 17 hours ago, but has quickly racked up 3,962 likes and 61 comments.
But social media users were left totally divided by the TV mum’s post.
Whilst some were eager to compliment the ‘lovely’ pictures and praise Sue’s good looks, others were slightly concerned.
One user wrote: “Looks fantastic.”
A second chimed in: “Lovely photos.”
Meanwhile, another beamed: “Lovely pictures Sue, you look amazing.”
However, at the same time, not everyone else was as kind.
Whilst some questioned Sue’s decision to take her youngsters to Florida, others wondered if the children had been taken out of school for the trip.
One person said: “Do you take your children anywhere else abroad? There are so many nice places apart from Florida.”
I’m not going to bother myself about what other people say
Sue Radford
Another added: “Take your kids somewhere cultural where they will learn something instead of plastic Disney parks.”
A third commented: “I’m amazed, is it not school holidays? I bet penalties are expensive.”
Whilst someone else asked: “Did you take your children out of school or are they still on holiday? Around here they have been back for two weeks.”
According to the school term dates and holidays on the Lancashire County Council website, it appears that schools in Morecambe, where the famous family live, returned for the summer term on Monday 15th April.
SUE CLAPS BACK
Although the bumper brood famously doesn’t rely on benefits to fund their picturesque trips, Sue and Noe recently revealed their jet-setting lifestyle has been criticised by some people online.
The duo, who first fell pregnant when Sue was 13, shared their experience with social media trolling in their page-turner, The Radfords: Making Life Count.
Who's who in the Radford family?
SUE and Noel have 22 children . . .
- Chris – May 7, 1989
- Sophie Rose – December 13, 1993
- Chloe Anne – July 31, 1995
- Jack Richard – April 9, 1997
- Daniel Leon – March 3, 1999
- Luke James – October 1, 2000
- Millie Jo – August 29, 2001
- Katie Louise – November 14, 2002
- James Edward – October 17, 2003
- Ellie May – May 6, 2005
- Aimee Elizabeth – April 21, 2006
- Josh Benjamin – July 3, 2007
- Max Joseph – December 11, 2008
- Tillie May – May 2, 2010
- Oscar Will – October 22, 2011
- Casper Theo – October 3, 2012
- Alfie Thomas – July 6, 2014
- Hallie Alphia Beau – June 3, 2015
- Phoebe Willow – July 24, 2016
- Archie Rowan – September 18, 2017
- Bonnie Ray – November 6, 2018
- Heidie Rose – April 3, 2020
According to the couple – who’ve been married for over three decades – cruel trolls love to joke about the family, saying they ”go to Florida more times than I go to the shops’.”
Talking about the hate the family gets, Sue said: ”I think it just boils down to jealousy.
If we can afford to take our kids to Florida, then we’ll take our kids to Florida
Sue Radford
“I have the mindset now – particularly since I lost my dad – that if you can afford to go on a holiday, then go.
”Life is definitely too short to say, ‘Oh, maybe I should squirrel my money away in the bank’ or whatever.
”Life is too short, so just do it.”
When discussing their regular trips to Florida, Sue continued: ”If we can afford to take our kids to Florida, then we’ll take our kids to Florida.
‘I’m not going to bother myself about what other people say.”
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