‘I’m both scared and angry at the same time’: Love Island’s Marcel Somerville and fiancé Rebecca Vieira reveal racist trolls have targeted their baby boy
Love Island’s Marcel Somerville and his fiancé Rebecca Vieira have been left stunned after racist trolls targeted their baby boy online.
The couple welcomed their first child in January, but admit they are outraged by a faction of comments from followers on social media.
Speaking to The Mirror, Rebecca said: ‘I’m both scared and angry at the same time that people think it’s OK to be racist in this day and age.’
Proud parents: Love Island’s Marcel Somerville and his fiancé Rebecca Vieira have been left feeling furious after racist trolls targeted their baby boy online
The new mum continued: ‘I received some really disturbing direct messages from one vile troll in particular who told me my son, Roman, was ugly.’
In a slew of abusive messages, the online bully questioned Rebecca on why her son’s ‘nose is so big’.
Rebecca regularly blocks abusive accounts but it isn’t long before they create a new profile and continue their attacks.
She revealed: ‘I hate it so much. How can anyone want to attack my Roman like that? How many times am I gonna have to receive these kinds of messages before something is done about it?’
Innocent child: Marcel’s fiancé told the Mirror on Monday she was ‘scared’ and ‘angry’ to discover people still think it’s okay to be racist in this day and age
Rebecca and The Blazin’ Squad star welcomed baby Roman back in January.
A doting father, Marcel took to Instagram after the birth to say his son is ‘the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
He wrote: ‘Roman Somerville Born 30/01/21 @ 23:37 My Heart!!! Pregnancy is a journey and this past 9 and a bit months have been totally worth it!
Terrifying: Rebecca received a slew disturbing messages where trolls called her baby ‘ugly’ and questioned why his ‘nose is so big’
The reality star continued: ‘He’s literally the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen… Soooo Handsome. I can’t wait for you all to meet him.
‘@RebeccaVieirax is literally my idol she has spent the last 2 days in labour and I don’t know where she got the strength from as I’m running on fumes but she did it and I could not be prouder of my future wife. I adore you mama!
‘Absolutely adore every single ounce of you! ♥️ your my Wonder Woman! We did it mama and he’s everything we could have wished for.
Unstoppable: Rebecca regularly blocks abusive accounts but it isn’t long before they create a new profile and continue their attacks
He gushed: ‘Thank you for carrying him and bringing him into the world! Im so emotional right now but this has blown my mind. This Little Boy Is Everything.’
And Rebecca also shared a similar photo of Roman and told how she had been in labour for two days.
She wrote: ‘Roman Somerville 30.01.21 – 23:27pm – I literally cannot believe how beautiful my son is I can’t stop staring at him.
‘The love you feel is out of this world, i was in labour for 2 days and it was the most painful experience but so worth it I couldn’t believe my eyes when he was put on my chest.. can’t wait to share and show you my birth experience, @marcel_rockyb was amazing throughout although sometimes he looked so scared.. Roman I needed you.’
‘How many times am I gonna have to receive these kinds of messages before something is done about it?’: The new mum couldn’t believe the lack of help available against trolls
Before the birth announcement, Rebecca revealed that her waters had broken, just days after she had told how she’d been ‘in the early stages of labour’, after reaching her due date.
Earlier in the day, she filmed herself in the car as the couple drove home from the hospital following a ‘successful sweep’ – which involves a midwife or doctor sweeping their finger around the cervix during an internal examination to attempt to separate the membranes of the amniotic sac surrounding baby to bring on labour.
In the days leading up to the baby’s arrival, Marcel and Rebecca took to Instagram to share the methods they were using to induce labour, including ‘curb walking’ – with one foot on the curb and the other on the road.
After a trip to see the midwife, Rebecca told her Instagram followers: ‘[The midwives] measure in fifths, so the baby is four-fifths down – and when he gets to five fifths, I go into labour. So I’m very excited!’