Sue Radford savagely mum-shamed for taking huge family on ‘plastic’ Florida holiday
Topics: Sue Radford, Radford Family, Parenting
Bec Oakes
Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@theradfordfamily
Topics: Sue Radford, Radford Family, Parenting
22 Kids and Counting's Sue Radford has been slammed online after she took her massive brood on a family holiday to Florida.
The Radford family consists of mum, Sue, and dad, Noel, and their 22 children - Chris, 34, Sophie, 30, Chloe, 28, Jack, 27, Daniel, 25, Luke, 23, Millie, 22, Katie, 21, James, 20, Ellie, 18, Aimee, 17, Josh, 16, Max, 15, Tillie, 13, Oscar, 12, Casper, 11, Hallie, eight, Phoebe, seven, Archie, six, Bonnie, five and Heidi, four.
Sue and Noel often share insights into their unique and incredibly large family online.
Recently, they took an epic family holiday to Orlando, Florida, full of theme park days, water park visits and time kicking back and relaxing at the pool.
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In a recent post shared with the clan's 528,000 Instagram followers, Sue shared a series of snaps from their trip captioned: "Little photo dump from the last few days."
In various pictures, Sue can be seen wearing a pair of Minnie Mouse ears while posing with her youngest children and Noel smiles with one of his 10 grandchildren.
There were also pictures from Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Epcot, as well as the kids posing in costumes.
But, while the family seemed to be having a blast on their 18th holiday in the last 20 months, it's left social media divided.
Some were eager to compliment the 'lovely' pictures.
One person wrote: "Looks fantastic."
Another said: "Lovely pictures Sue, you look amazing."
And a third commented that they'd spotted the family in one of the theme parks, saying: "Hope you’re all having the best time!"
But, others savagely mum-shamed Sue, calling the trip 'plastic.'
One user asked: "Do you take your children any where else abroad? There are so many nice places apart from Florida."
Another added: "Take your kids somewhere cultural where they will learn something instead of bloody plastic Disney parks."
And some questioned whether she'd taken the children out of school for the holiday, saying: 'I bet penalties are expensive.'
This isn't the first time Sue and Noel have gotten flack for their regular trips abroad. Addressing the comments, Sue said: ''I think it just boils down to jealousy.
"I have the mindset now - particularly since I lost my dad - that if you can afford to go on a holiday, then go.
''Life is too short, so just do it.''
Tyla has reached out to the Radford family's reps for comment.