Denise Welch has accused a London council worker of calling her son a “c***” in a row over his bins.
The Loose Women presenter, 67, shares two children with her actor ex-husband Tim Healy, 74 - The 1975 frontman Matty, 36, and rising actor Louis, 25.
Welch claimed Brent Council has not emptied one of her sons’ bins for three weeks and reportedly swore at him when confronted over it.
“Hi @brent_council,” she wrote on X on Monday.
“You haven't emptied my son's bins in 3 weeks. Any attempts at due process has failed.
“He tried to talk to a collector who called him a c***!! Can you let me know how we move forward!!!!”
Brent Council’s official X account replied: “Hi Denise, we are very sorry to hear about your son’s experience. If you could DM us the address, we will look into this as a matter of urgency.”
It is not known which son Welch was referring to.
The Standard has contacted Brent Council for comment.
Welch’s claim comes after she revealed she can’t help being a “helicopter parent” with Matty and Louis.
The term refer to parents who are overly protective and controlling of their children's lives.
Hi @brent_council. You haven't emptied my son's bins in 3 weeks. Any attempts at due process has failed.
— Denise Welch (@RealDeniseWelch) March 30, 2026
He tried to talk to a collector who called him a cunt!! Can you let me know how we move forward!!!!
The TV personality admitted she inserts herself into her sons’ lives with “military precision” and said they have branded her a “Poundland Kris Jenner”.
“The radar is on full alert at all times and I insert myself into any aspect of their lives I can squeeze into,” she wrote in her column for The i Paper last March.
“Totally uninvited, I swoop in with military precision to offer advice and solutions to problems they don't have.”
“I also feel the need to talk to them every day and if they don't respond immediately to my calls or texts, I wish I could have an all-points bulletin or BOLO [an alert system used by police departments] out on them in minutes. Yes, I watch too much American television.”
The former Coronation Street star said if they don't respond to her as soon as possible, she immediately thinks they're in “serious danger” and starts panicking.
Welch was married to her children’s father, Tim Healy, from 1988 to 2012.
Their eldest son Matty - who got engaged to model Gabbriette Bechtel in June 2024 - revealed last month that he is busy recording new music in the studio with his band, The 1975.
Louis, meanwhile, made his stage debut at 13 in The Full Monty and went on to appear on the ITV soap Emmerdale as Danny Harrington for a year.
He is currently appearing in the West End production Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the horror-musical prequel to the Netflix hit.
He plays Henry Creel, the future Vecna, in the London show directed by Stephen Daldry, which began last year and runs until September 2026.
Louis opened up about his dynamic with his rock star older brother to the Standard last year.
Discussing their 12-year age gap, he said: “There’s such an age gap we didn’t compete or bicker… I mean a 17-year-old isn’t going to argue with a five-year-old, apart from: ‘Get out of my room!’”
He also revealed he was staying at Matty’s home while appearing in the production.
