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. Allsopp who also owns a luxurious house near Honiton , 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”. 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”.
Allsopp explained that the reception to her post, where she revealed that Oscar, now 16, had gone an European interrailing trip to celebrate his GCSEs , has been “extraordinary”. “That leaves me with a feeling of, ‘do I regret the tweet? Yes, because it’s been a load of hassle’. Do I regret the tweet? No, because it’s very clear that this debate needs to be had’, because there is something really troubling going o.