Social media has been divided over the recent ‘mum-shaming’ of the model
(Picture: emrata/Instagram)Emily Ratajkowski has suffered a torrent of abuse across social media, with scores of users questioning her parenting skills.
It kicked off when the new mum and model, 30, was accused of holding her son “like a sack of potatoes”, after posting a snap while on holiday in Turks and Caicos.
Piers Morgan was among the swarm to lay into her over the photo, tweeting: "That’s not how you hold a baby @emrata – and your millions of followers shouldn’t be encouraged to do the same.”
The criticism has since continued, with Instagram users quick to call out her latest posts on the platform.
In one video reel, marking the model’s birthday, she can be seen sipping wine on the beach, before a later clip shows her breast-feeding son Sylvester Apollo Bear.
The montage sparked comments from sceptical viewers, with one writing: “Hope you weren’t breastfeeding after having alcohol."
Others quipped that she had been treating her child as an “accessory”.
One wrote: “At least you didn’t neglect your child and use it as a photo prop today.”
While another snidely asked: “Learn how to hold a baby yet?”
Ratajowski was forced to remove the comments from the earlier picture of her posing with Sylvester following the fierce online backlash.
Concerned viewers suggested she wasn’t holding the infant correctly by apparently failing to support his head and neck.
Morgan’s take on the image racked up more than 2,000 retweets and 9,000 likes, with fellow Twitter users sharply divided over his assessment – and whether he had any right to give it.
Some defended the model against the father-of-four and his offer to give her “tips” on how to carry a child:
Who are you to tell a mother how to hold her own baby?
— ISAAC CAREW (@IsaacCarew) June 7, 2021
What a world we live in... Moving onto parent shaming now? Why do we have such an obsession on "how bad" other people are doing with their lives. Here's a novel idea... How about we focus on our own 🤷♂️
— Andy Gillies (@AndyGillies79) June 7, 2021
-finds the one photo of how she holds her baby and makes comments about her parenting..
— Bee Edwards (@Bee_e28_x) June 7, 2021
-instead of seeing the many of her breastfeeding and offering up congratulations for giving baby a healthy start..
When you can set a good example..then you can judge others Mr Morgan
If you were that concerned about the baby, why not reach out to @emrata privately and offer your tips rather than trying to shame her on Twitter. Shameful
— Kassa (@Misskjj1) June 7, 2021
The child isn’t 3 weeks old he’s 3 month old, have you ever had a child & they have tried to look at something or move their head round? The child quite clearly is doing this. Kids are never photo ready. People will jump on anything these days the kid is clearly well looked after
— Sophie Knox (@sophierose_Ox) June 8, 2021
Tbh the kid looks like he’s trying to look at something why is everyone so judgemental. The kid is clearly welled looked after. 😂 https://t.co/Aa7mzVmR43
— Sophie Knox (@sophierose_Ox) June 8, 2021
However, others reinforced his concerns:
Not a fan of Piers Morgan but he has 100% reasoning to question this, this is not how to hold a baby 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ https://t.co/ixKdJ1CJbE
— Em (@emwhitexo) June 9, 2021
Let's be real, he's not actually shaming a young woman {surprisingly} but pointing out this isn't how you hold a baby. It's not a handbag... https://t.co/7Vgk3MSAMM
— Emilia (@emiliajsmith) June 9, 2021
TBF…
— Ed (@edkun197) June 8, 2021
Regardless of whoever they are, which I have no idea, that's really not a proper way to hold a baby. https://t.co/aSwBetx54R
This poor child. That’s not safe for his neck, and she doesn’t seem to even acknowledge his existence.
— Bob Cantelon (@BobCantelon) June 9, 2021
I dearly hope this was a one-off and not a regular approach to handling babies, or she needs to have all children removed from her reach. https://t.co/vl6uHYOKQG
The comments are everyone telling Piers to mind his business and maybe it’s for a photo shoot, leave women alone etc
— Deck. (@DLK1995) June 8, 2021
But maybe don’t hold a baby like that for a photo🥴 https://t.co/Dbfu9JvedV
Morgan later defended his stance, writing: "If she chooses to use her baby as a prop to promote [herself] to 27 million people on Instagram, and she’s holding that baby in a dangerous way, it’s actually the duty of any caring human being to tell her so the baby comes to no harm."
