Kady McDermott has been getting death threats after calling Maria Fowler’s two-year-old daughter "vile".
The former ‘Love Island’ star – who took part in the 2016 series – become embroiled in an Instagram row with former ‘TOWIE’ star Maria over the similarities between their Interior Design Instagram pages and it ended with Kady telling Maria: "Your daughter is vile."
Kady was promptly dropped by clothing brands Gym King and Missy Empire and her boyfriend Myles Barnett has hit out at trolls who have been sending her threats.
He said in an emotional Instagram video: "The first thing I want to say is that no one understands how bad what was said was with Kady, and no one [has] beaten themselves up more than all of you lot can try and do for her. I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve to get any stick, but like I said no one understands more, or regrets it more than Kady does.
"But one thing she doesn’t deserve is where it’s got to now, now to be receiving things like death threats, really, really detailed death threats. Men, women, to be sending her vile, vile abuse about her looks, and about things that Kady is clearly already insecure about. But, even worse than that, saying things like ‘if you have children I hope they die’, ‘hope you can never have any children’, detailed threats about stopping her from having children.
"Now if you think [that] is acceptable because of what Kady said in the heat of the moment in an argument, how is that justified? If you’re painting Kady out to be this person, that you’re abusing, how are you different from what you are paining Kady out to be. If I showed you some of these messages it’s disgusting, you’ve never seen anything like it.
"What I think is happening and I’m sure when you deep down take a look at yourself, what is happening is all the negative things that’s happening in your life, you’re taking it out on someone who is having a hard time and you won’t see. I really think it’s very easy for a lot of you to think that just because you have a lot of followers or have a particular lifestyle on social media that she’s not a real person, that she’s massively self-obsessed, that she has ultimate confidence.
"I know it may come across that she’s really self-obsessed but anyone that knows her will know she’s a really beautiful person. It’s really easy to tell that when you get to know her, the thing is I’ve never met anyone that loves animals, babies, children more than her, which I know is semi-irrelevant. But, the fact that she’s more obsessed with kids, obsessed with animals, it frustrates me more because this makes her seem like a terrible person, which I know she isn’t, this has blown up a lot more than it should’ve."
Kady, 23, previously took to Instagram to defend herself, insisting that she had apologised to Maria also.
She said: "I’m only human and naturally I make mistakes on temporary based emotions and being in the public eye unfortunately every single one of my mistakes gets put out there to the world…
"Forever getting judged for every step I take/do in life takes its toll. I privately messaged Maria my apology but as it’s everywhere I will do a public one too. I am deeply sorry to Maria, her partner and of course gorgeous Evie…
"I did not mean what I said. I was massively upset Maria’s comments to me that made me feel SO upset beyond words and a degrade to my character I then wanted to hurt her where it hurt too so I reacted irrationally and badly."
Kady McDermott’s boyfriend lashes out at trolls
