Jacqueline Jossa slams ‘rude’ trolls in furious rant after her children’s appearances are targeted on social media

JACQUELINE Jossa has lashed out at "disgusting" Instagram trolls who have slammed her children's appearances on social media.

The former EastEnders star admitted that she doesn't care what people say about her - but those who have targeted her kids "need help".

The 26-year-old actress is mum to three-year-old Ella and seven-month-old Mia, who she shares with husband Dan Osborne.

Taking to her Instagram Story earlier this evening, Jacqueline admitted that she would probably "regret" reacting to the trolls, but confessed that it is "really hard" for her to ignore.

The rant started with Jacqueline telling her followers that if they want to direct message her "rude" things then they should unfollow her.

She continued: "If you want to say something about my kids expect a reply back, expect it to be rude, and expect it to be about your face and your appearance.

"If you insult me or you insult my kids, more importantly, I will say something back to you or I will block you.

"Just don't do it, how about that? Don't be a weird person."

Once she had started, Jacqueline seemingly couldn't stop as she went on: "I don't understand.

"I don't like it, I think it's rude, I think it's strange and odd that you have an opinion about someone you don't know, an opinion about their kids.

"It's disgusting, and weird, and gets on my nerves.

"I don't really care when people say stuff about me, I can just laugh it off and probably agree sometimes, but say something about my kids... It really p***** me off."

The star, who played Lauren Branning in the BBC One soap, added: "Having an opinion on a child's appearance says so much more about you, I think you need help and potentially to be put in prison.

"Because why would you have an opinion on a child's appearance?

"To message me about it, commenting on my pictures, is so disgusting. You need help."

Expressing regret, Jacqueline concluded: "People say I should ignore it and I should but it's really hard.

"I'm a normal person with real feelings and I don't like people talking about my kids, that's my number one.

"I do regret [ranting] afterwards, I will probably delete these."

She then revealed that she has been inundated with supportive messages from other mums on the photo-sharing app, thanking them for reaching out.

This is not the first time that Jacqueline has hit back at cruel trolls, lashing out after a follower branded her a "frumpy dumpling" earlier this month.

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