Kirstie Allsopp has fired back after being accused of risking infecting locals after bringing a camera crew to her home amid the coronavirus lockdown.
The TV star, 48, filmed her Channel 4 show Kirstie: Keep Crafting and Carry On with an eight-member crew at her home in Devon.
Kirstie took to social media and insisted that the crew filmed under ‘strict protocols’ and said she felt carrying on with filming was the right thing to do.
Speaking out: Kirstie Allsopp, 48, has fired back after being accused of risking infecting locals after bringing a camera crew to her home amid the coronavirus lockdown
She wrote: ‘I now know for certain that many of you felt filming at home as we did, within strict protocols, was the right thing to do #Craftmatters. Entertaining TV matters, and I’m proud of what we did.’
In another tweet, Kirstie said making the show was a positive experience and kept crew members in work at a time of job insecurity.
She wrote: ‘What I HATE about this is that makng #KeepCraftingCarryon was only positive, it kept people in work, it provided something new and engaging to watch, so many families saw it and enjoyed making the crafts, why do people have to make bad out of good?!’
According to The Sun, one local in Broadhembury, Devon said of the show being filmed nearby: ‘Many of us our elderly. It’s highly irresponsible’.
Production: The TV star filmed her Channel 4 show Kirstie: Keep Crafting and Carry On with an eight-member crew at her home (pictured in May 2019)
However, Kirstie insisted that the crew members remained at her home at all times during the ten-episode series.
She said: ‘No one who was filming here went anywhere near the village. We are encouraging people to stay at home and be adaptive for their mental health — and for fun.’
MailOnline has contacted a representative for Kirstie for comment.
Filming: Kirstie took to social media and insisted that the crew filmed under ‘strict protocols’ and said she felt carrying on with filming was the right thing to do
It comes after Kirstie insisted the country is not united in the coronavirus lockdown due to financial differences – and admitted she ‘in a better situation than most’.
Speaking to The Guardian, the Location, Location, Location host responded to claims she was travelling in lockdown, discussed her two homes in Devon and insisted she is staying in her permanent residence.
The TV star claimed the coronavirus pandemic is not something the country is going through together due to differences in financial situations, as she confessed she is in a better situation than ‘99.9% of the population’.
In March, Kirstie was forced to hit out at rumours that she was travelling whilst self-isolating with coronavirus symptoms. Taking to Twitter with a furious rant, she lashed out after a story claiming she was residing in a holiday home in Devon.
Kirstie said: No one who was filming here went anywhere near the village. We are encouraging people to stay at home and be adaptive for their mental health — and for fun’
She was quick to clear up the confusion, revealing that she has two homes in Devon, but she has been staying in her permanent residence with her family.
After a follower tweeted: ‘Why r u in Devon !! Shameful @KirstieMAllsopp’; Kirstie was quick to hit back: ‘Because it is my home.’
She echoed this again in her interview with The Guardian and weighed in on the cruel abuse she has faced from trolls and social media users.
She said: ‘I’ve had some of the most unpleasant things said to me on social media that have ever been said to me. [Devon] is our home, 100%’.
Safety: Kirstie insisted that the crew members remained at her home at all times during the ten-episode series
Further to criticism over her isolation situation, Kirstie pointed out that her advanced financial situation illustrates how the country is not together in the fight.
After admitting she has ‘a big house and garden’, she said: ‘There’s no point pretending Covid-19 is a great leveller because – look at me – I’m not on a par with other people, shut up…
‘Anyone saying we’re all in this together … we’re bloody not. There are people who are shut up who have acute money worries, as well as being in small spaces.’
The star previously revealed her husband Ben had tested positive for the virus and said she’s sure she was too, due to a ‘slight tightness in her chest.’
Hitting back: Kirstie has insisted the country is not united in the coronavirus lockdown due to financial differences – and admitted she ‘in a better situation than most’