Dee – real name Deirdre Kelly – was spotted last month enjoying herself on the party island in Spain, which led to backlash on Twitter and Facebook.
One user on Twitter wrote: “So White Dee is too depressed to work? She didn’t look depressed at the pool parties in Magaluf drinking champagne.”
But Dee, 42, defended herself, posting to Facebook that she doesn’t even drink champagne.
She wrote: “I’m turning into Jesus – making cloudy lemonade turn into booze. You gotta love the press haha.” She then responded to a comment regarding her supposed champagne drinking, saying: “F****** hate the stuff haha.”
Dee’s agent Barry Tomes also defended her holiday, and insisted she hasn’t broken any rules.
He told a UK newspaper: “Dee has been back in the UK since Saturday. Dee had lots of fun as the many pictures show.
“She missed the children [and] she hates flying, but understands why we are trying to get her active to help us decide the suitability for some projects we would like her to undertake in the future.
“She is not on Job Seekers’ Allowance as reported – she is on [Employment and] Support Allowance. We have been in touch with the benefits agency since we started to represent Dee in February.”
Barry added that Dee has had a lot of offers to earn a considerable amount of money, but has had to turn them down because of her depression.
He said: “It’s like a light switch goes off when you are with her. Sometimes she’s fine but then suddenly her whole mood will change and there’s nothing you can do.
“She could easily earn half a million from one of these [deals], but she doesn’t want to at the moment.”
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