Katie Price has lashed out at critics who say she's a bad mother for leaving daughter Bunny behind while she's on holiday, saying there was a problem with her passport.
Bunny celebrated her seventh birthday with her older brother Jett, eight, and their father Kieran Hayler while Katie, fiancé Carl and children Harvey and Princess are all on holiday in St Lucia.
Explaining her daughter's absence on the trip Katie took to Instagram to say: "Unfortunately Bunny's passport was rejected because her ears weren't visible so it was sent again and still hasn't arrived.
"It's very sad because it was meant to be a family holiday to celebrate both their birthdays. But if the passport comes back by the time they go to school we will try to go away.
"So don't tarnish me a bad mum when you don't know facts. On the other hand my other children are enjoying their holiday."
While unable to be with her daughter on her special day Katie did share a sweet happy birthday message on her Instagram.
The picture shows baby Bunny grinning as mum Katie kisses her little girl on the cheek.
She captioned the picture: "Happy birthday to my beautiful Bunny Bops, can't believe your 7 today! I love you x [sic.]"
However after dad Kieran posted a snap of his son, Jett, fans wanted to know where the siblings' mum was.
One fumed: "And why are you not with your daughter for her birthday? Instead on another holiday!!! Left to her dad to be the proper parent!"
"Shame you're on yet another holiday and not there to celebrate her birthday once again," another raged.
Katie and Carl are no stranger to packing a suitcase having been on a string of holidays already this year.
In fact the couple were some of the first Brits on the plane when Portugal went onto the the Green list earlier in the year - and of course they've had their regular jaunts to Turkey.
Katie jetted off to Turkey in June for her latest round of surgery - and her third holiday since lockdown lifted.
The 43-year-old was spotted at the airport with her fiancé Carl ahead of going under the knife again for a series of costly procedures.
And the former glamour model apparently travelled to Spain with her fiancé afterwards in a bid to skip the UK’s mandatory hotel quarantine after they jetted to Turkey.
Carl, 32, gave fans a glimpse of their luxury villa on his Instagram Story – and despite many believing the sprawling pad was in the red list country, The Sun claimed the home was in fact in Malaga, Spain.
By jetting back from the amber list country instead of Turkey, the pair wouldn't have had to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days at an expense of £1,750 each.
The Mirror has contacted Katie Price’s rep for comment.
