Actress with Down’s Syndrome son SLAPS a TV audience member for saying she shouldn’t have IVF at 49 and society ‘doesn’t need another sick child’

THIS is the moment a Russian actress gets to her feet and smacks an audience member for criticising her son who has Down syndrome during a live TV show.

Evelina Bledans, 49, was taking part in 'Live', a popular chat show on Russian TV presented by Andrey Malakhov.

The topic was about having a baby later in life and Bledans was invited on the show because she is pregnant with her third child at nearly 50 years old.

The pregnancy was achieved with in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and was vital to Bledans' dreams of having a daughter.

However, one audience member did not share in the beautiful actress's joy.

Theatre head Elena Lebedeva was passed a microphone and said live on air: "It is dangerous to give birth between the ages of 35 and 40 so what about 49? What were you thinking?

"Do you want to give birth to another sick child?

"Will you give birth to another child with Down syndrome? Nobody needs such a child, not society and not you."

During Lebedeva's diatribe, Bledans tries to calmly interrupt but without any success.

She coolly gets to her feet and strolls over to the audience member while one of the guests tries to diffuse the tension by telling Lebedeva to leave the studio.

Bledans stands in front of the audience member and says: "You wretch, I will smack you! This is for my child, understand?"

She adds: "You can say anything about me, but leave my children alone!"

Her son Semyon, who she shares with TV producer Alexander Semin, was born with Down syndrome.

The couple divorced last year. Her eldest son Nikolay, 24, currently lives in Israel.

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