Emily Andre hits back at Kelly Brook’s comments on working mums ‘using kids as an excuse to be unreliable’

Emily Andre has spoken out about the controversy surrounding comments made by Kelly Brook about working mums.

The model spoke out in a conversation about being a parent on Loose Women, and came under fire when she said that parents ‘shouldn’t use their kids as an excuse to be unreliable.’

Speaking in her OK! Magazine column this week, Emily said: ‘I respect her opinion but I wouldn’t say I necessarily agree with it.

‘It’s busy and unpredictable having kids and the hardest job you will ever do. Sometimes you do have to take time off as some things can’t be helped, like when they’re ill.

‘Maybe if Kelly decides to have kids her view will change.’

The comments come after Kelly received backlash from Loose Women viewers after she said that mums ‘shouldn’t use their kids as an excuse for being unreliable’.

Kelly, who pointed out that she doesn’t have her own children, said: ‘I don’t think women or people should use kids as an excuse not to do their jobs properly.

‘I just think it is nobody’s business. It’s your private life and if you can’t meet the demands of your job, don’t blame your kids.’

She added: ‘If your kids are sick, that’s another thing.

‘But I have been in situations with parents where it’s not about the kids being sick it’s just that they’ve got to do the school run.’

Luisa Zissman was one of the many people who spoke out against Kelly.

In a harsh critique to The Sun, she said: ‘When Kelly has little people that are the centre of her world she will understand but until then – she really can’t comment on the subject at all.

‘Kelly has no kids and probably never will with her track record with men.’

‘Things come up, they get sick, they hurt themselves, and they have assemblies and sports days, she added.

‘Working mums have it so hard and such narrow minded and ill-informed views really have no place.’

Read her full column in this week’s OK! Magazine, out today.

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