Sunrise host Edwina Bartholomew sparks Facebook ‘mum war’ with a video of her daughter Molly, one – as she hits back at troll who accused her of ‘endangering’ her child
Edwina Bartholomew has revealed how an innocent video of her one-year-old daughter Molly sparked a ‘mum war’ on Facebook.
The Sunrise newsreader posted a clip on social media of her little girl playing with a kettle, which prompted a troll to accuse her of ‘endangering’ her child.
Edwina, 37, addressed the ‘snafu’ in her column for The Daily Telegraph on Friday, insisting the kettle in the video ‘was not filled with hot liquid’ nor ‘on a hot stove’.
Hitting back: On Friday, Edwina Bartholomew revealed she’d sparked a ‘mum war’ over a video of her toddler playing with a kettle, after one accused her of ‘endangering’ her child
‘A mum on Facebook accused me of endangering my child, by letting her play with an object that in another context would have been dangerous,’ she wrote.
‘From the tone of the post, you’d think I’d let me daughter chop apart a doll with a sharpened carving knife, or drive the car home.’
The video in question, which Edwina posted on Instagram on April 13, showed Molly studying her own reflection in the stainless steel kettle, before looking up at her mother and smiling.
Edwina responded to her troll by saying she felt she was doing the right thing by letting her daughter play with the kitchen appliance.
No danger here! Writing in her column for The Daily Telegraph , Edwina, 37, defended the footage – confirming the appliance ‘was not filled with hot liquid’ nor ‘on a hot stove’
‘There is no such thing as a perfect parent,’ she added in her column. ‘Just a whole bunch of us doing the best job we can do on a whole lot less sleep than we need.’
Edwina and her husband, Neil Varcoe, announced they were expecting their first child in June 2019.
‘We’re having a baby, due in December,’ she told her colleagues live on Sunrise.
Adorable: The video in question saw little Molly excitedly seeing her reflection in the empty kettle, before looking up at her mum and smiling
‘We’re super stoked and our family is really excited,’ she added.
‘Mum has been bursting at the seams to tell everyone – so mum, you can tell everyone!’
The Seven presenter married Neil, a digital media executive, on April 21, 2018 at their restored farmhouse in Lithgow, New South Wales.
Love story: Edwina married Neil, a digital media executive, on April 21, 2018 at their restored farmhouse in Lithgow, New South Wales