Katherine Ryan hits out at theme park over treatment of two-year-old son Fred

KATHERINE Ryan has blasted a theme park for stopping her son Fred, two, from going on a ride.

The comedian was incensed that the youngster, who "loves diggers more than anything", was denied entry after queuing for 25 minutes.

The unfortunate moment put a dampener on the family day out at Diggerland where Katherine and partner Bobby had taken her two kids - Violet, 13, and Fred - yesterday.

Katherine, 39, explained on Instagram: "Fred wasn't allowed on this ride after queuing ages lol ok."

She then recorded a follow up video and said: "I don't want to 'big mistake, huge' that girl too much because she was just doing her job - and there was health and safety."

Referencing Julia Roberts' iconic Pretty Woman scene in which the sex worker is stopped from shopping in a designer store on Rodeo Drive, she continued: "But, 'big mistake, huge'. He was tall enough.

"It takes a unique skill-set that I admire to do a job like that. To be able to look at a two-year-old who has just queued for 25 minutes and be like 'no'.

"Even when I said 'look, he's like definitely tall enough' but she's like 'no'.

"Diggers are the thing he cares about most in the world and he was queuing up because he wanted to go on a ride and drive one, and she just said no."

Katherine proved Fred was in fact big enough to ride, showing him standing against the 90cm limit board.

It comes weeks after Katherine hit back at online mum-shamers who accused her of giving baby daughter Fenna Grace a 'mouldy' chew toy.

Katherine, 39, shared a photo of her little girl holding the Sophie Giraffe toy.

Many parents have shared photos of the mould growing inside their child's Sophie the Giraffe toy.

Alongside the image, she wrote: "I'm sick of people saying 'Sophie the Giraffe is full of mould.'

"Yes. If you leave something wet it'll get mouldy. Replace it."