Kirstie Allsopp leaves Twitter over iPad smashing scandal

The revelation received mixed criticism
Gone: Allsop removed herself from Twitter
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Safeeyah Kazi11 September 2018
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The TV presenter, who has two sons with husband Ben Andersen, said she went to extreme lengths when they were playing games outside of their permitted time.

The incident sparked a debate on social media, leading to Allsopp’s decision to quit Twitter.

Some criticised the 47-year-old for not giving the devices to charity, while others agreed she “has a point.”

One user wrote: “It’s actually bad parenting. If you didn’t want them to play on the iPad you take them away, donate them, or sell them.

“Your example teaches them that smashing things when you’re angry is ok, and the fact that media picked this up as a positive story is troubling.”

Another commented: “Nice she could have donated them to charity or something but instead destroyed them. What a wonderful person.”

A third argued: “Not for anyone else to say really, bet her kids learned a bloody lesson!”

On Tuesday Allsopp told Channel 5's Jeremy Vine: "This is the first time I've said this publicly. In June I smashed my kids' iPads, not in a violent way. I actually banged them on the table leg."

She added: “There is a game called Fortnite and another [called] PUBG and I decided... we had made all sorts of rules and all sorts of times when we said you can't play them and all those rules got broken and in the end I said 'Right that is it, I have to physically (break them)."

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