TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp says that she does not think she would not have been reported to social services for letting her 15-year-old son go abroad if she had “been an ordinary member of the public”. The Location, Location, Location host, 52, revealed at the weekend that a report was made to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), her local council, after she revealed that she allowed her teenage son to go on an interrailing trip with a 16-year-old friend. Advertisement Allsopp told Times Radio on Monday that it was “a malicious call, made by someone who was obviously trying to upset me”.
She added: “Social services should have recognised that and dealt with it, accordingly, malicious calls are actually an element with all social services.” The presenter also called the fact that the council service had the time to call “utterly bizarre”. Advertisement She also said that she does not think social services would “have treated me in exactly the same way had I been an ordinary member of the public”.
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