Mum-of-22 Sue Radford slammed as ‘distasteful & scripted’ show tricks fans into ‘thinking she has dementia’ at 49
Mum-of-22 Sue Radford slammed as ‘distasteful & scripted’ show tricks fans into ‘thinking she has dementia’ at 49
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THE matriarch of Britain's biggest brood - Sue Radford - has been brutally criticised over a ''distasteful'' episode which ''falsely lead viewers to believe she has dementia at 49''. Mum-of-22 revealed the earth-shattering diagnosis on 22 Kids and Counting last night, January 26th.
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Sue, from Morecambe, Lancashire, was seen behaving unusually quiet after she learned that one of her life-long friends had been diagnosed with the illness. The first part of the episode showed the 49-year-old and her husband, Noel, 54, becoming more distant as the typically outgoing mum-of-22 became more withdrawn.
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The pie whizz, naturally, was seen growing increasingly worried about his wife, whom he got married to in 1992. After Noel accidentally stumbled across a leaflet for dementia in the family vehicle he feared the worst - but the latter part of the episode then revealed it wasn't the matriarch whose life had been turned upside down.
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Channel 5 viewers slammed the episode as ''distasteful'' that ''set up'' fans of the mega brood to believe Sue Radford had a life-changing illness. During the episode, Noel said: 'I'm a bit worried about Sue, she's been really quiet today which isn't like her. She's always like chatty, bubbly. Doesn't seem the usual Sue. So I'm a little bit like 'What's going on?'.
Desperate to find out the source of her concern, the 54-year-old arranged to go for a coffee date with Sue but she failed to make an appearance. Noel then enlisted the help of the couple's daughter, Sophie, 31, who took Sue out for a trip to a beauty clinic in the hopes to cheer her mum up.
