HOLLYOAKS star Daisy Wood Davis has hit back after cruel followers mum-shamed her for allowing her son to wear a dress.
The actress, who appeared as Kim Butterfield on the Channel 4 soap, opened up on Instagram about her son, Asa’s, curiosity about dresses while at pre-school.
Sharing a message sent to her by the pre-school, Daisy said how happy she was that her two-year-old was allowed the opportunity to try on a dress, joining in singing and dancing with pals.
She added his curiosity stemmed from a group of four-year-olds who had previously told him “boys don’t wear dresses” while playing at a play village.
She wrote: “I feel so passionate about this, not just in case Asa wants to wear a dress one day but to make sure he is never the child who bullies or puts another down for being ‘different’ which seems to happen from such a young age it’s scary!
“I can’t believe children’s innocence is taken away so early by gender normative views which doesn’t necessarily mean a homophobic parent is at home but it’s a parent that doesn’t care enough to actively bring it up and discuss it with their child. Rant over.”
Daisy added: “I should also add he wasn’t wearing a dress in the play village. He was with his Nana but I believe he was also merely looking at the dressing up items when the boys needed to tell him this ‘fact’. ”
However, it didn’t take long for trolls and followers to hit back at Daisy for allowing Asa to wear a dress – something she was quick to shut down.
One message read: “This is what is wrong with the world now. Is it normal for a little boy to wear a dress… no it’s not and personally I don’t want to explain to my son why other boys are wearing dresses!
“Are you also letting him decide what gender he is when he is clearly a boy?”
Covering their identity with a head-exploding emoji, Daisy shared the DM to her Instagram Stories and admitted she wasn’t surprised.
“And here they are… crawling out of the wood work. I am laughing out loud that you think me letting my two year old play in a dress is him telling me he’s a different gender,” she responded.
“He doesn’t know his surname, how on earth would he know that about himself yet? Why are you so scared? As parents we should want to nurture our children’s innocence, play, creativity and expression.”
“I’m so sorry your kids haven’t been able to experience that and you’re so frightful of a little boy in a dress.”
By this morning, Daisy had been inundated with loving messages to drown out the negative ones.
Thanking everyone for their kind words, she added that she hoped to educate others in allowing kids to play make believe and fancy dress however they see fit.
Asa is Daisy’s first child with Hollyoaks co-star, Luke Jerdy, with the pair welcoming in the tot in September 2022.
