Claudia Winkleman’s mum Eve Pollard says she was ‘always naked’ when her famous daughter was young – and thinks it’s healthy for children to see their parents in the nude
Claudia's mum responds to her daughter's recent comments
STRICTLY presenter Claudia Winkleman recently revealed she often walks around her house naked - much to the disapproval of her 15-year-old son, Jake.
And now, Claudia's mum, Eve Pollard, has revealed the reason why, explaining she did the exact same when Claudia was growing up.
Speaking on This Morning, 72-year-old Eve explained: "If you perhaps are going out to dinner and you need to put her to bed but you've got an hour with her, who wants to worry about the bother of getting a towel or whatever?
"I often would have a bath with Claudia because it was the one moment you could talk to them during the day.
"All of us have to multi-task so it was very important to see the child and get changed and be out."
46-year-old Claudia, who spoke about wondering around the house naked on the Sali Hughes Beauty podcast, revealed her confidence being nude came from her parents.
"Everyone is naked. It is like, 'Let’s all have lunch. Take our clothes off first… I have made a fish pie,'" Claudia explained earlier this week.
"The 15-year-old is appalled but the whole point about mums is that they are meant to be embarrassing."
Eve, a former newspaper editor, explained on This Morning: "The first time you see a man should not necessarily be the first time you see the bloke that you fancy.
"If you've seen your father you think 'I know about that machinery, I know that exist' and you're not so scared about it."
However, Eve voiced her opinion that parents should stop walking around nude if their kids are no longer comfortable with it.
"I can go round now to Claudia and she's touching up the old fake tan and deciding what she's wearing, she's not bothered. We are family but of course I wouldn't be naked with other people," she said.
"You have to respect that, that's very important, but when they're under the age of 10, until they feel they don't want you to see them naked you should relax and get on with it."
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