Sue and Noel Radford have blasted the "cowardly trolls with empty lives" who slate their giant family online. The couple, who share 22 children aged between 32 and 1, have been regularly featured on TV since 2012, and also share more of their brood's lively shenanigans - including luxury foreign holidays, birthday parties, and new toy hauls - on
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Instagram , and TikTok. But, as they reveal in their new memoir, The Radfords: Making Life Count, the couple have experienced the dark side of fame, including being hounded by faceless critics and bullies. Noel , 53, explained: “Our own
Social Media accounts are a nice place to be - but then there's a whole other world which, sadly, isn't quite the same. “I think some of these people say what they say just because they are sitting behind a keyboard. They think they can say anything they like and it doesn't matter - it doesn't have any consequences. There are people who are jealous of what you've got.” Celebrity Big Brother's Nikita and girlfriend spotted in heated exchange after final Sue and Noel Radford appearing as guests on Loose
Women ( Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) Sue, 49, agreed, adding that trolls don't see them as real people. She said: “They can't be happy with their own lives to do what they do - to feel they need to try to drag other people down." The couple have been happily married since 1992 and are parents to Chris, 32, Sophie, 27, Chloe, 26, Jack, 24, Daniel, 22, Luke, 21, Millie, 20, Katie, 19, James, 18, Ellie, 16, Aimee, 15, Josh, 14, Max, 12, Tillie, 11, Oscar, 10, Casper, nine, Hallie, six, Phoebe, five, Archie, four, Bonnie, three, and Heidie, one. But it seems some people hate to see their clan happy and thriving, and some of the comments and baseless accusations were so hurtful and damaging that bakery owner Noel looked into taking legal action against them.
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Singer The couple have 22 children, and several grandkids He said: “A while ago, we did consider taking legal action against one or two people who were hiding behind fake names and posting terrible things. Our solicitor said, 'All they will do is open another account with a different fake name, and you'll be forever chasing them.'” According to Sue, things really started to take a turn before the birth of their youngest child, and was sparked by the family's
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Amazon sale She explained: “That all started when I was pregnant with our last child, Heidie. We shared our Christmas on Facebook and a couple of people obviously didn't like the fact we got the kids a lot of toys, while they were struggling financially. They got really nasty. “They set up fake Instagram and Facebook accounts, where they were putting on really abusive stuff. That was quite hard to take, but it just seems that when you do well in life there are people who want to turn on you, which is really sad.” Sue previously told The Mirror that the family have worked hard for their money, and she doesn't feel guilty about enjoying it after a tragic loss put things into perspective. She said: “People just jump to conclusions. We don’t claim benefits – the pie company is very successful and so is our media business. We work hard but we’re not millionaires! The nastiness is upsetting though. We just want to be able to give our children the best possible life.
Meghan Markle 'needs to be more relatable' for her brand to become more successful The couple slammed jealous trolls who leave unkind comments on their social media channels “My mindset changed when my dad passed away. I thought, if we want to be able to go on holiday and make memories with our children, then why should we be judged? You should live life how you want and not how other people want you to live it. If you’re happy and the kids are happy, then what does it matter what anybody else thinks?” The Radfords: Making Life Count is published by Mirror Books on Thursday and available from all good bookshops and Amazon . Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram ,
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