Tom Daley hits back at Katie Hopkins after she attacked his baby news
Tom Daley has hit back atĀ Katie Hopkins after she criticised him for having a baby with husband Dustin Lance Black.
Hopkins, a columnist forĀ Canadian far-right website The Rebel Media, had criticised the pair for having a child via surrogacy.
After the pair announced they are expecting a child, she wrote on Twitter: “And with Amazon PrimeĀ Now they get free next day delivery”.
Daley hit back at the columnist today, sending a sassy reply.
He wrote: “is actually a 2 hour delivery service. Not next day. Sorry Hun. Love ya babez”.
Hopkins responded: “As fast as that? Bless you and you one-click baby order. Women labour hard so we may know the pain of love. Knowing the pain of loss is a different thing, lovely man. Only YOU can heal it xx”
Daley added: “LOVE is the winner at the end of the day, not the hate you spread. ā¤ļø”
He also spoke about his and Black’s “pride and excitement about becoming parents”.
Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black Black previously hit back at the columnist.
He wrote: “For any who care to understand this process, surrogacy for gay & straight parents as well as most pregnancies requiring medical assistance can take years longer than those that don’t. And pregnancies requiring medical help come with their very own hopes, heartbreaks & joy.”
Black and Daley last week hit back at critics in the media after they were pilloried in the right-wing press.
The pair confirmed that they conceived the child via an egg donor, withĀ a female friendĀ who has asked not to be named publicly volunteering as a surrogate.
Opening up about their choice of surrogate, Black added: āIāve read a couple of the tweets and thereās some big misconceptions out there about what this process is.
āIāve never heard of someone who does not know their surrogate, and doesnāt know them well. A part of the process is either choosing someone you know and love and have that relationship withā¦ or you have to build a relationship like that.
āThe women who are willing to do this and give this gift to couples who canāt have children ā there is a love and a warmth and a generosity and a kindness thatās difficult not to fall in love with.
āWe certainly have that with ours. We do love her very much.
“I donāt want to give too many details because she has asked not to be named publicly. We need to respect that, and I hope the press will respect that ā but they become family.
āThis is a person who we love and are incredibly grateful for.ā
Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Right-wing newspapers have savaged the pair, with Daily Mail columnist Richard LittlejohnĀ claiming their decision was ānot normalā and made him want to vomit.
Even some womenās rights campaigners had criticised them ā over false suggestions in the tabloid press that they had ārentedā a commercial surrogate.
Tom Daley said: āItās difficult because you see stuff online. We know we have wanted a kid more than anything in the world. When people judge about us using a surrogate and stuffā¦ there are people who canāt have kids, and I donāt think there would be as much drama if it was a straight couple.
āTake Kim Kardashian, for example ā she used a surrogate and there wasnāt any issue with it. There is an element of difference in terms of the way weāve been treated.ā
Dustin Lance Black, himself a veteran LGBT rights campaigner, said he was āshockedā by the response.
He said: āI do find it really shocking, and Iām not easily shocked ā Iāve been in the LGBT rights battle for a long time now and Iāve faced a lot of discrimination. It hasnāt been an easy path and Iāve gotten quite used to that. But I was shocked to have this response to us having a child.
āI think we have to step out of the bliss and be vigilant and correct the record and let people know what this really is ā because we need to correct people who are misinformed. Thatās the best we can do.ā
Black also added that he was planning on taking a career break after the child was born.
He said: āI plan on taking a good long time off so that [Tom] can continue to train and the child can have the attention.ā
