Vogue Williams hits back at comment saying mums ‘should not be out with her baby at all’ at one month

Vogue Williams has called out the judgement new mums face after receiving a comment about being out with her baby.

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Published: October 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM

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Just weeks after welcoming baby Remy Valentine, Vogue Williams has hit back at a comment about what new mums supposedly should and shouldn't be doing after giving birth.

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The mum-of-four, who welcomed her baby boy with husband Spencer Matthews before revealing his name in September, told listeners of My Therapist Ghosted Me that someone had criticised her for apparently being out with her newborn at one-month-old.

There was just one rather significant problem with the criticism. According to Vogue, she was actually in her bedroom with her baby at the time.

Vogue Williams was told a mum ‘should not be out’ with her baby

Vogue recalled the comment during the latest episode of My Therapist Ghosted Me, which she hosts with comedian and Celebrity Traitors star Joanne McNally.

She explained that it had been posted on content from another podcast she hosts with Amber Wilson.

Vogue said: “Someone left a comment on a Mine and Amber's pod. And they're like, a mother should not be out with her baby at all from a month old. Blah, blah, blah, like going on this rant about a maternity law. I was like, there's no maternity law.”

The 40-year-old then pointed out that the assumption behind the criticism wasn't even accurate.

“And then I was like, hang on a second. I'm quite clearly in my bedroom with the baby as well,” she said.

Her response to the mum-shaming was brilliantly sarcastic

Rather than trying to justify what she was doing, Vogue decided to turn the criticism on its head.

“Anyway, I told her I agreed with her and that women should stay at home for at least one to two years with the baby after giving birth,” she said.

Joanne then jokingly chimed in: “Under the bed.”

According to Vogue, that was apparently enough to bring the exchange to an end, as the original comment subsequently disappeared.

“And she deleted the comment after that. Yeah, so she deleted the comment,” Vogue said.

Joanne McNally summed up a pressure lots of new mums will recognise

The pair's exchange was characteristically funny, but Joanne's response also touched on the intense scrutiny that can surround women in the weeks and months after giving birth.

Listen, we all know, no one polices new mothers better than women.

Joanne McNally

It's a sentiment that may feel familiar to plenty of parents. The newborn stage can bring no shortage of unsolicited opinions, from how a baby is fed and where they sleep to when a mum goes out, sees friends or returns to work.

For Vogue, those newborn weeks have come after months in which listeners followed her pregnancy and the couple's baby-name deliberations.

Vogue and Spencer welcomed Remy Valentine this year

Vogue and Spencer revealed in September that they had named their new son Remy Valentine Matthews, sharing a first picture of him sleeping in a cream outfit.

His arrival made Vogue and Spencer parents of four, and finally settled a baby-name debate Vogue had been sharing with podcast listeners before the birth.

The couple had previously considered calling their son Elvis, with Vogue revealing that the full name Elvis Presley Williams Matthews had been in contention. She ultimately decided she wasn't “100% comfortable” with such a distinctive choice.

They eventually settled on Remy Valentine, and now Vogue is navigating another very familiar part of life with a newborn, other people's opinions about how you should parent them.

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Ruairidh is the Digital Lead on MadeForMums. He works with a team of fantastically talented content creators and subject-matter experts on MadeForMums.

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