Amy Childs has hit back at cruel accusations she "doesn't love" her son Ritchie as much as her daughter Polly and unborn twins.
The Only Way Is Essex star Amy, 32, has daughter Polly, five, with her ex Bradley Wright and son Ritchie, four, with her ex Ritchie, who has always kept his life away from the limelight.
She is also expecting twins with her First Dates beau Billy Delbosq.
Amy regularly shares photos of her daughter online and has been keeping fans up to date with her pregnancy on social media, too.
However, she has never shared her son Ritchie's face with fans – due to an agreement with her tot's dad to keep their son private.
Despite explaining this in past, Amy is still hit with cruel comments from trolls – who have now accused her of not loving her son Ritchie as much as Polly and her unborn twins.
Reality star and soon-to-be mum-of-four Amy has revealed the criticism still upsets her.
When asked by OK! magazine if the comments "get to her", she admitted: "Completely. Ritch is so much like me and I’d love to show him on socials, but we have an agreement with his dad.
"If Ritchie wants to be on social media when he gets older, that’s absolutely fine.
"So yeah, it does get me down, because I get constant messages from people saying, 'You love your daughter, these twins are going to come and you’re going to love them much more than your son.'
"People don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. It’s not nice."
Just last month the TOWIE star was mum-shamed in an Instagram question and answer session.
Hitting back at the time, she wrote: "Okay so I'm going to address this once and for all, Richie my beautiful son lives with me. My god he is so very handsome yet so bloody hard work. We decided to keep him off social media, which me and Richie's dad decided on."
Amy continued: "The amount of negative comments and horrible messages I get on a day-to-day basis isn't very nice, but at home we are the most perfect family. It sometimes gets me down the comments I get about not loving my son."
She then added: "Little Richie is very clingy and a proper mummy's boy, Polly was never a mummy's girl. He is a very sweet beautiful boy and looks very much like me everyone says."
Amy is currently expecting her twins with her beau Billy, who she started dating in October 2021.
When asked how she feels about juggling four children by OK!, Amy said: "It’s going to be a shock to the system, but I can make it work.
"I’ve got a midwife on board, I will probably have a nanny for a couple of months.
"I’ve got help and I’ve got amazing parents. I know four is going to be really tricky, but I’ve got Bill.
"He is going to be hands-on and will help me. I am the happiest I have ever been. I hope my babies are healthy and the pregnancy goes well. Life is very good."
