Stacey Solomon defends having a bath with your kids: ‘It’s normal!’

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by Emma Dodds |
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Stacey Solomon has hit out at people who say that bathing with your children is "weird", insisting it's "normal" in her house.

Stacey, 27, who has two young sons - Zachary, nine, and five-year-old Leighton - spoke out on Loose Women today to hit back at people who say bathing with your children is "wrong".

The TV presenter, who is in a relationship with Joe Swash, told the other panellists that it's those who think there's something odd about it that are the ones who are "wrong" or "weird".

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Stacey laughed off claims that her family was "weird" (Credit: ITV/ Loose Women) ©ITV/ Loose Women

The Loose Women were talking about how some Japanese parents still bathed with their teenage children as they thought the close physical contact had a positive impact on their children's grades.

Andrea McLean revealed that some people online had called it "horrifying", but Stacey said: "I'm not horrified at all! Anyone who's horrified at the thought of parents sharing a bath with their children, I think has issues!

"Listen, it's each to their own. I still have baths with my children, my eldest is nine so sometimes he says, 'Oh put the bubbles over your boobs mum, I don't wanna see it!'"

WATCH: Stacey Sees Nothing Wrong With Parents and Teenagers Sharing a Bath | Loose Women

At this point, Andrea looked like she was pretty shocked and trying to bite her tongue, but Stacey didn't care: "Why does the body always have to be looked at as something sexual? Why can't it just be the human body?"

Hear hear, Stacey!

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Andrea was holding back her judgement... (Credit: ITV/ Loose Women) ©ITV/ Loose Women

She added that people had commented on a photo she uploaded of her with her kids in the bath: "I posted that because it's a normal thing in our house. It's almost like going to dinner and reading bedtime stories - having a bath together is how we communicate and socialise.

"But there were a few comments underneath that picture that did make me laugh, like 'This is wrong on so many levels' - no it's not, you're just saying that!

"'Your mind must be twisted' - well, that's debatable!" she joked, before adding seriously: "I think it's really sad - I understand if you don't want to bathe with your children and you don't like it, but I think it's sad to sit there and judge people and say that's wrong or disgusting."

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The offending picture (Credit: Instagram/ Stacey Solomon) ©Instagram/ Stacey Solomon

Denise Van Outen then piped up, saying that she always shares baths with her seven-year-old daughter Betsy: "Betsy always has a bath with me, it's just normal for us.

"There's not really a cut-off point for me - it's just whenever she turns around and says there's not enough room anymore."

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