WITH her hair in curlers and make-up perfectly applied, Charlotte Dawson beamed for an Instagram snap as she got ready for her son’s first birthday party. The glam shot sent a clear message to fiancé rugby player Matt Sarsfield , who was exposed a day earlier for sending “secret dirty texts” to another woman. Not only is the Ex on the Beach star prepared to put her kids first but she won’t be beaten by his behaviour, which is said to have left Charlotte “blindsided and humiliated.

” It’s a typical move from a woman who has faced adversity throughout her life - from growing up without her famous comic dad Les Dawson , to the fear of seeing her youngest child being rushed to hospital with a dangerous virus. She has also suffered a devastating miscarriage and been mercilessly trolled by strangers - including one who reported her to social services on scurrilous claims. Former Swinton Lions player Matt, 32, is said to have sent another woman an intimate picture after she posted about going for a run on Instagram last month.

Emily Louise Hodgkinson, 34, said she was shocked to receive the image after meeting Matt through an ex-boyfriend who used to play rugby with him. Emily told the Mirror : “I feel so sorry for Charlotte. How could he do that to her? I’d be mortified if a partner did that to me behind my back.

” The news understandably left Charlotte reeling. The 31-year-old yesterday took to Instagram to make it clear her boys Noah, three, and one-year-old J.