Khloe Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen and More Celebs Clap Back at the Parenting Police 

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Khloe Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen and More Celebs Clap Back at the Parenting Police 

The claws will come out if you mess with these celeb parents! From Khloé Kardashian to Chrissy Teigen, many stars have clapped back at social media trolls over the years. Case in point — the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum ripped into a Twitter user who called her daughter True “not cute at all” in July 2018. The reality star replied, “What type of disgusting human being are you? It’s pathetic that you are this miserable in your life. … I just don’t get why people have that much energy to actually project all of this negativity. That takes a lot more energy than just being kind.” The former E! personality called the hater a “loser” in a subsequent tweet, writing, “No respect for people like that. People are entitled to their own opinions and feelings but why on earth would you tweet that and if you must, why would you tag me?” The troll later apologized and deleted her original tweet. “[I] honestly didn’t mean for my tweet to get as many replies and whatnot to it,” the Twitter user wrote at the time. “I apologize for my actions, and I shouldn’t have said what I said. I wasn’t thinking at all.” [jwplayer qs1S8heI-zhNYySv2] As for Teigen, the Cravings cookbook author has gone off on social media users for criticizing everything from her third-trimester flight to her kids’ use of plastic bath toys. (The Bring the Funny judge shares daughter Luna and son Miles with John Legend.) “You can call me whatever you want,” the Utah native explained to Parenting.com in 2017. “You can call me ugly, you can say my forehead is big, you can say my dress is hideous but once you start talking about my food and my child that’s when I get really crazy. I think people should remember that everyone is just doing their best.” Two years later, the Chrissy’s Court star exclusively told Us Weekly that she doesn’t want to humiliate her little ones with her online activity. “I try not to post anything on social media that would embarrass my kids too badly,” the Lip Sync Battle cohost said in August 2019. “Luna’s so grossed out by people kissing in movies, so anything lovey-dovey with Mom and Dad would embarrass her.” Keep scrolling for a look at more of the best celebrity clapbacks, from Olympian gymnast Shawn Johnson defending her daughter Drew’s “first flip” in February 2020 to Victoria’s Secret model Elsa Hosk taking pride in posing naked for a mother-daughter photo shoot the following year. [podcast_block]

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Kaitlynn Carter

The Hills: New Beginnings star told her Instagram followers in November 2021 that she was "fully aware of crib safety guidelines," writing, "The [stuffed] bear is only in there during the day to keep [my son, Rowan], company during naps while we’ve got a constant eye on him. Would love to be able to share things on here without unsolicited policing.”

While expecting her second child with Kristopher Brock, the reality TV alum hit back at a troll who questioned her fashion choices. "Get your pregnant [sic] but why you have to constantly wear tops that don't fit," the user wrote, to which Carter replied in a December 2022 Instagram Story: "Oh, Brianne."

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Megan Fox

The Transformers actress posted a series of sexy snaps via Instagram in October 2022, which resulted in one fan asking, “Where your kids at?” Fox sarcastically replied, "Wait wait wait. I … have kids?!? Oh my god I knew I forgot something!!”

The New Girl alum, who shares sons Noah, Bodhi and Journey with ex-husband Brian Austin Green, then quipped: “Quick, someone call the valet at the Beverly Hills hotel. That's the last place I remember seeing them. Maybe someone turned them into lost and found."

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Heather Rae Young

"I can’t believe I am having to explain myself," the Selling Sunset star wrote via Instagram Stories in April 2022 after incorporating bunnies into her Easter celebration with her stepchildren. "We wanted a fun and cute experience for the kids, so did tons of research and found an amazing local bunny farm with an amazing mission that we wanted to support! ... Please refrain from judgment and negativity without knowing the full story. No need for all of the hate and nasty comments!”

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Jana Kramer

The parenting police came out in full force when the country singer purchased jarred baby food for her daughter, Jolie, back in 2016. She followed up with an Instagram post of a message written in a notebook: “Dear Mommy Shamers, Unless you are Jolie’s doctor, her father, or her mom, do NOT tell me how to raise my child, or how to feed her. Sincerely, Jolie’s MOM.”

When a social media troll called the actress' daughter a "brat" for throwing a temper tantrum in June 2019, Kramer wrote on her Instagram Story, "Haaaaahahaha. NO. She is 3!!!"

In February 2020, the singer ranted on her Instagram Story: "I deleted that comment from that girl that was nasty about me, but my kids? I just don’t get that. Like, I understand people that might not agree with my love life or what I do, but my God. To attack my kids? That’s just not OK. I just want to say think before you send someone a DM. … Just be nice to people whether you agree with them or don’t agree with them and don’t attack their kids.”

When Kramer was criticized in October 2020 for taking a family vacation amid the pandemic, she clapped back. "I don’t want to be in a car for 12 hours with two toddlers," the actress wrote via Instagram. "I’m adult enough to wash my hands, wear masks and take the precautions. … We did it safely, but also sane. The airlines and airports were all doing a great job today so if I want to get on a plane with my kids then I’m going to do that. And I sprayed their hands a million times.”

After a "terrifying" experience briefly losing Jolie at a park in January 2021, Kramer defended her parenting skills. "I know I'm a great mom," she told Us. "Like I've always said, I'm a good singer, I'm a good actress, but I'm a great freaking mom. I know that in my heart. So I was like, if I have to go up against these [haters] ... I know that I'm posting it because I would have loved the reminder.”

In April 2022, Kramer slammed an Instagram troll accusing her of “dumping” her sick daughter, Jolie, at a friend’s house while she filmed an upcoming movie. “This is where mom guilt comes from,” the songwriter clapped back via Instagram Stories at the time. “So sad it’s from another MOM. How sad. It killed me to have to leave today but also couldn’t cancel filming because of a stomach bug. Really sad to see this from another mom when we are all just doing our best.”

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Khloé Kardashian

The Strong Looks Better Naked author had choice words for a troll who insulted her adorable daughter True in July 2018. “What self-respecting adult would comment on a child’s appearance?” replied the reality star in a July tweet. “What type of disgusting human being are you? It’s pathetic that you are this miserable in your life.”

In July 2019, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star defended her decision to buy her daughter a toy Bentley. “No reason to get sad over a baby in a toy car,” she wrote on Instagram. “I do choose to spoil my daughter. "I want to spoil her with love as well with material items. She will also be raised with values, responsibilities, chores, respect, self love.”

"It’s ridiculous when people pass judgment on somebody else when they don’t even know their entire situation," the reality star told Kourtney Kardashian of mom-shamers in a March 2020 YouTube video. "Everyone is just trying to figure out what's best for them and what works in their life."

In November 2021, she told Cosmopolitan UK that she wants haters to leave her daughter “alone,” saying, "People give unsolicited commentary no matter what you do. So I try and keep True stuff as clear and simple as I can [on social media] for her sake.”

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Jessie Cave

The Harry Potter star shared a screenshot of an Instagram message she was “ignoring” in March 2022, which read, “Many congratulations to you for your fourth kid. Kindly try to understand the problem of overpopulation on this earth. I’m quite sure you are quite educated to understand that. Try to find some hard work. … I’m sure you will find something more self to do in this world rather than only having sex.”

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Michelle Branch

"I just got shamed by another mother (who was holding her own young infant!) for nursing my 6-week-old baby on a bench at a playground while my toddler was playing," the Grammy winner tweeted in March 2022. "She said I wasn’t ‘being modest.’ I am in shock that this kind of judgement was coming from a fellow mom! It’s not like I walked into the crowd and whipped my tits out. Being a mom is hard enough. Can we not judge one another for how we feed our babies?”

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Meghan King

“She’s rarely clothed at home, and I don’t discourage it,” the Real Housewives of Orange County alum captioned a July 2019 photo of her daughter, Aspen, playing by the pool. “If my parenting makes you uncomfortable, please ask yourself, ‘Why?’”

Two months later, the former Bravo personality clapped back against criticism that she shouldn’t be away from her kids while her son Hart is in treatment in New Orleans. “When Hart had his therapy in L.A., I brought Aspen and Hayes out — my mom and a nanny did — for a week. It was pure pandemonium," she explained on her Instagram Story. "Aspen and Hayes didn’t understand why I had to leave every day to be with Hart and spend literally over half the day with [him] only. They were totally knocked off their schedules. Hart was knocked off his … and he wasn’t able to focus on his therapy. Therefore, I made the very difficult decision to keep Aspen and Hayes in St. Louis while Hart and I went to New Orleans and focused on this. … Take your opinions and keep them to yourself because this whole thing sucks. Did I say that enough? It sucks. There’s no right answer and we’re trudging through this the best we can. So let me be. Give me a little space.”

In December 2019, Meghan defended her decision to let Aspen sleep in her crib at 3 years old. “This girl is a firecrackin individual and I challenge any of you to challenge her," the Missouri native wrote on Instagram at the time.

The former Bravo personality star defended her decision to let her daughter eat a melatonin gummy from her purse in February 2020, telling Us exclusively: "It is completely safe. ... In fact, the recommended dosage for this particular brand of melatonin for kids is two gummies and I let her have one."

In February 2020, the Missouri native defended a lingerie selfie on Instagram in February 2020, writing, “PS To all the ‘Nancys in Nebraska’: as you become overly concerned with a stranger just remember ima still do me. Brb gotta go live my best life byeeeee.”

King later defended her son Hart not wearing a mask on a March 2022 flight, writing, "I know I’ll get hate for this, but if you’ve never been a parent to a child with special needs during the mask mandate then preemptively shut your piehole please and thank you."

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Audrey Roloff

When an Instagram troll accused the Little People, Big World alum in March 2022 of being “against modern medicine” since she used a birth center to welcome son Radley, the former reality star clapped back. “I am not!” Roloff wrote on her Story at the time. “I just desired a more natural approach to birth and didn’t want any unnecessary medical interventions (more likely in the hospital).”

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Aubrey Rainey

When an Instagram user asked in June 2021 how the Ohio native and Love Is Blind’s Mark Cuevas could “leave [their] baby” to go on a vacation, Rainey replied, “For anyone else wondering why we’re ‘on a trip,’ this isn’t a vacation for us. We will be right back home with Ace Sunday (less than 48 hours), but in the meantime, he’s with my loving parents, spending quality time and being well taken care of."

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Hilary Duff

"Yes! I pierced her ears today. Can't wait for the internet to call me a child abuser … again,” the Younger alum wrote via Instagram of her and Matthew Koma's daughter Mae in November 2021, referencing the backlash she received two years prior for daughter Banks' piercing. "Lesss go.”

When Duff's costar Molly Bernard was criticized in January 2022 for sharing photos of Banks in a car without a booster seat, Koma clapped back in the Instagram comments. "You are truly a hero for speaking up," he sarcastically replied to a hater.

One month after Duff was bashed for videos of her daughter Banks seemingly not wearing a booster seat, she told Romper in February 2022 that the parenting police don't have any "context." The actress explained, "You don’t know where I am. Do you know how many times I let my kids sit on my front seat once we get [close to our driveway] to pretend like they’re driving home? You’re telling me you’ve never put your kid in the backseat to drive a block before with an adult back there?"

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Sadie Robertson

The Duck Dynasty clarified via Instagram in August 2021 that she wasn’t “bragging” by posting pictures of her postpartum body, writing, “My year, my days, and certainly my life are not defined by my body, and especially not the negative things my body is faced with because tbh it’s done some awesome things this year I’d rather document! So I post the good mostly."

The former reality star called mom-shamers “brutal” in January 2022, exclusively telling Us how trolls slammed her daughter Honey’s name. “[They were] like, ‘How could you name her that? Do [you know] what you're doing to your child? That's so embarrassing. She's gonna have a horrible middle school [experience].’ All this stuff," Robertson recalled. "But it’s the sweetest name possible.”

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Gabby Barrett

When Instagram users questioned the American Idol alum’s decision to hide her daughter Baylah’s face on social media, she clapped back. “For the people constantly commenting on Baylah’s face being blocked out of pictures, she is our daughter,” Barrett wrote in January 2022. “Please respect how we’ve decided to protect our child.”

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Hannah Ferrier

When the “bored” Below Deck alum broke her foot in May 2021, she clapped back at haters via Instagram. “While being in a relationship for three years has been great, I have a longer and deeper connection with the guy at my local gas station, so I decided he was a more appropriate biological father,” the former Bravo personality sarcastically told a Facebook troll who questioned her daughter’s paternity. “Josh fathers Ava Monday to Friday and gas station guy gets her every second weekend." Ferrier quipped to another hater that she smoked "60 [cigarettes] a day" while pregnant with her baby girl.

While “making Christmas cards for the family” with Ava in December 2021, Ferrier told her Instagram followers not to comment or DM her. “The paint is safe,” the reality star captioned a slideshow. “I’m not harming my child and everything is fine.”

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Shenae Grimes-Beech

“When mom-shamers start sliding into your DMs offering ‘unsolicited advice' but you’re a second-time mom so instead of doubting yourself, you shrug it off and know you’ve got this,” the 90210 alum captioned an Instagram video of herself dancing in December 2021.

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Christine Quinn

When mom-shamers slammed the Selling Sunset star for returning to work one week after giving birth, the real estate agent clapped back. "I love to work," Quinn said on E!'s Daily Pop in May 2021. There are single moms out there every single day working two, three jobs, doing it. Women are so strong, and they can do it. For me, I'm happy to be working. I'm thrilled to have a job, and I'm thrilled to have a baby and be able to do it all.”

The Netflix personality clapped back at “sick” claims that she faked her pregnancy in November 2021, writing via Instagram: “Apologize. This is seriously so hurtful."

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Astrid Loch

When an Instagram troll called the Bachelor in Paradise alum a “tease” for not sharing her infant’s name, sex or face in November 2021, Loch clapped back, writing, "I hope you can all understand that putting our entire life on the Internet is not our priority, especially when it comes to our child. We will share more with you all when we feel comfortable and when the time is right for us.”

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Cortney Rae Hendrix

When an Instagram troll bashed the Married at First Sight alum for not showing her infant’s face in November 2021, she replied, “Not interested in you following me."

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Alexa PenaVega

After severing her son Kingston’s finger in a bathroom door in October 2021, the Spy Kids star denied slamming the door “in a fit of rage.” The actress told her Instagram followers: "I simply closed the door. That is literally what happened. I know I will never be able to please everyone and people will be ugly to be ugly ... and for those people, all I can do is pray for them.”

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Tan France

When an Instagram troll accused the Queer Eye star and his husband, Rob France, of “steal[ing]” their baby boy in October 2021, the fashion designer replied, “We didn’t have to steal him. Your mum actually gave him to us. She didn’t wanna risk having another f--kwit like you."

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Alli Dore

“Really sick that people will still troll a newborn baby,” the Below Deck star told her Instagram followers in September 2021. “I don’t care what is said about me but multiple people making fun of my baby’s tubes? Is there no limit?"

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Elsa Hosk

"Posting a picture where I’m with my baby naked is not child pornography. It’s a normal thing,” the Victoria’s Secret model wrote via Instagram in September 2021. "Growing up in Sweden I was naked ALL the time, at beaches, at home, in public. It was so natural to us, and we were not taught that our bodies were something you had to hide away in fear of what strangers might think. think it created a very healthy relationship to nudity and to my own body."

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Amy Duggar

"I’m a Mama bear,” the Marriage Boot Camp alum captioned an Instagram photo with son Daxton in September 2021. "I may seem pretty chill but mess with my little cub and I will break out a level of crazy that will make your nightmares seem like a happy place.”

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Jenna Compono

After posting a photo of her son in a car seat in September 2021, the Challenge alum told Instagram trolls: “I know the chest piece on his car seat should be up. We were at the doctor’s office inside. It’s really aggravating when people rudely give their opinions in my DMs. If I need advice or opinions, I will ask for it. I’m not going to censur [sic] myself because of certain Karens out there. Thanks."

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Brittany Matthews

When an Instagram troll bashed Patrick Mahomes’ wife for posting baby pictures in September 2021, accusing her of no longer being “relevant,” the soccer player clapped back. “And you follow me why?” Matthews asked at the time.

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Christina Anstead

"When I get told, ‘You must be an absent mother because you are not with your kids’ — smh wake up people," the Christina on the Coast star wrote alongside an Instagram mirror selfie in November 2020 amid her and Ant Anstead's divorce. "I hardly post anymore ... and I def do not want to post my kids every freaking day to make it a contest of who’s a better parent. F that.”

When Instagram trolls slammed Haack in August 2021 for not posting son Hudson as often as Anstead, she replied, "Just because I don’t post my every move, [I’m] of course shamed for it. We have 50/50 custody. Hudson is a busy boy and I like to stay off my phone mostly with the kids. This was a busy trip and a toddler couldn’t have enjoyed it with naps etc. But thank you for your concern. He’s happy and well taken care of.”

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Emily Ratajkowski

The model slammed the "awful" trolls in her Instagram DMs in July 2021, writing, "I don’t care if you hate me or hate celebrity (or just hate women) but it’s incredibly scary to become a parent and no one deserves to be told by strangers that they’re a s--tty mother.”

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Megan Fox

"You don't expect a dad to be with the kids all the time, but I'm supposed to not be seen and be at home with my kids," the actress told InStyle in July 2021 of raising Noah, Bodhi and Journey with estranged husband Brian Austin Green, noting that she faces more "judgment" than him as a working mom. "They have another parent. I have to leave and sometimes I don't want them photographed and they don't come with me. This whole year I've been very surprised by how archaic some of the mindsets still are in some people.”

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Brittany Cartwright

When an Instagram troll told the Vanderpump Rules alum to put her son Cruz’s seat “up a notch,” she replied, "I already arranged it since this photo, and he was sitting high in the seat so everything was just fine.”

In June 2021, Cartwright put a negative Instagram user “on blast,” writing on her Story: "People need to stop the bullying and the disgusting comments. Especially when it comes to a child, I will call you out! Unacceptable and disgusting. I pray she gets the help she needs.”

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Jamie Otis

"Listen to me. She doesn’t pee all over the house," the Married at First Sight alum told an Instagram troll who bashed her potty-training methods in September 2019. "It’s for when she dribbles before she gets to the potty #stopmommyshaming."

"Really?!" Otis asked on her Instagram Story after a troll bashed her potty-training skills four months later. "I’m not sure if I should explain myself — I’ve tried TWICE and ‘failed.’ Or if I should just scream, ‘Fuxidnd [sic] you too!’”

In May 2021, the Wifey 101 author told her Instagram followers to “stop hyper-sexualizing” her breast-feeding photos with son Hendrix, writing, “My sweet boy is just a BABY, he isn't ‘playing’ with my breasts in a sexual way.”

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Jena Frumes

Jason Derulo’s girlfriend defended her and the singer’s decision to keep their son Jason’s face off of social media in May 2021, writing via Instagram: “A lot of y’all feel too entitled to voice opinions NO ONE asked for. My baby is beautiful and 100 percent healthy, but at this time, my baby is brand new to the world. I refuse to let the negative energy of social media mess with my family’s energy.”

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Shay Mitchell

"I haven’t been really checking my comments that often, but apparently people are really upset that I left three days after having a kid to go out and party,” the Pretty Little Liars alum said on her Instagram Story after attending Drake's birthday bash. “It wasn’t three days and she was with [my dog] Angel, so..."

After being bashed for a December 2019 breast-feeding picture, the Bliss author wrote, "I missed the part in the baby books that stated I had to maintain eye contact with my daughter while she feeds rather than capturing an amazing moment we were having. Pls let me know where I can download your parenting manual, I’ll get right on it!”

The actress was criticized for saying that she “didn’t feel like [her]self” after giving birth, she told Women’s Health in May 2021. “People were like, ‘Well, you just had a baby,'" she told the magazine. "Yeah, I know I just had a baby. I'm very grateful for my body, and that it gave life, but I'm still allowed to express that I don't feel like myself."

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Morgan Stewart

When a Twitter user wrote in March 2021 that the Rich Kids of Beverly Hills alum was giving other mothers an "unrealistic view" of postpartum bodies, she replied, "To be clear, I didn’t hire anybody or spend $$ to help get me to where I’m at six weeks later. I just went for a walk every morning and was more mindful of what I consumed. I’m not going to withhold my successes just because it may not agree with others.”

In April 2021, Stewart told her Daily Pop cohost Justin Sylvester that she was “not playing” the mom-shaming game. “I’m not doing that s--t,” she said at the time. “I’m not gonna put myself up to that. I’m new at this. I’m not doing everything correctly. I’m not going to engage in that short of shame and nitpicking."

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Scheana Shay

When an Instagram user slammed the Vanderpump Rules star for posting a YouTube vlog after giving birth and battling HELLP syndrome, the Bravo personality clapped back. "I AM only focused on mine and Summer's health right now," Shay wrote via Instagram Stories in April 2021. "She’s doing just fine, and I’m improving each day here. I’m not ‘worried’ about my vlog. I already shot this and post every week, and it has some great CPR training for people. How about you watch over the next three weeks as I navigate through having HELLP syndrome at the hospital? Hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows!”

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Nikki Bella

"I've been getting judged outside the home," the former professional wrestler said during a September 2020 "Total Bellas Podcast" episode, noting sarcastically: "It's been great." The reality star went on to explain that she was bashed via social media when her followers thought she was sleep-training her infant son, Matteo, "like a toddler."

In April 2021, the athlete accused trolls of wasting their energy by bashing her vacations without Chigvintsev and Matteo. "It's not like, 'I hate you, I'm leaving,' or anything like that,” she explained during a podcast episode. "So for the haters and the people who don't understand: Artem and I have an incredible relationship and understanding of, like, 'Hey, if we can do these things and someone can stay home, let's do that because it's better for our baby.’"

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Lesley Murphy

After leaving her 2-month-old daughter, Nora, at home in April 2021 to vacation with her friends, the Bachelor alum shared negative comments from her Instagram followers. "This will not be tolerated on my account,” Murphy wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “I hope you can work on whatever it is that’s inside of you causing your negativity and hate. It has nothing to do with me and everything to do with you. Future mom-shamers will be blocked. Have a lovely day.”

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Elsa Hosk

“Find it interesting the amount of DMs I get from men who get offended when you post a photo breast-feeding,” the Victoria’s Secret Angel captioned a nursing selfie in March 2021. “Like, why is the most natural thing so offending to you? Breasts literally exist so we can feed our children."

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Chelsea Houska

The Teen Mom 2 alum called mom-shaming “bullcrap” in February 2021, exclusively telling Us, “Sometimes it's nice to put people in their place. If they're saying something mean and you just want to say something back, that's going to make you feel better. Go ahead! But it's always best to take the high road."

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Lauren Akins

The Live in Love author laughed at her youngest daughter, Lennon, while the toddler struggled to get up in a February 2021 Instagram video. “For all of you thinking I’m a horrible mom, she is practically running around the house and started walking at nine months, so sitting up is not something we’re working on,” Akins wrote at the time. “She blew past that milestone about six months ago."

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Cardi B

The rapper lashed out at a troll who wrote a hateful comment on a photo of her baby shower. “All that money and the baby shower look like a bucket of CORN,” wrote the troll in July 2018. Cardi B, who welcomed daughter, Kulture, that month, savagely responded: “It was beautiful and we was happy. Your mom waited a whole nine months for you to be ugly and a bucket of disappointment.”

When a fan told the rapper in November 2019 that she had it “easy” raising her daughter with babysitters, Cardi replied, “I actually don’t just me and my mom so when my mom do her own s--t [it’s] ME when I can finally find some1 trustworthy I’ll have one.”

In July 2020, the rapper defended her husband's decision to buy Kulture a Birkin bag for her 2nd birthday. "If I'm wearing Cha-nay-nay, my kid's having the same same, you know what I'm saying?" Cardi said on her Instagram Story. "It's not up to what the kids like. If it was the kids, they'd be outside in diapers. Because if I was looking like a bad bitch, expensive bitch and I have my kid looking like a bum bum, then y'all would be talking s—t.”

The Love & Hip Hop: New York alum tweeted in January 2021 that while she's "a very sexual person," she keeps it clean around her child — which is why she doesn't see the problem in not letting Kulture listen to "W.A.P."

In February 2021, the New York native tweeted that all kids are “different,” explaining, "Some kids are not like YOUR KIDS! Some kids … potty train faster then [sic] others. Some kids are cool, calm, some like to play and are super active [and] barely nap (mine). Stop tellin moms what to do with their kids."

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Kenya Moore

When the Real Housewives of Atlanta star was slammed for ditching her Bravo costars for her daughter, Brooklyn, in a February 2021 episode of the show, she clapped back on Twitter. "I don’t have help at home,” Moore wrote. "I put my child FIRST. Brooklyn will always be No. 1.”

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Witney Carson

The Dancing With the Stars pro hears from the parenting police “all the time,” she exclusively told Us in February 2021. "I mostly get positive things and it's amazing, but one or two negative comments like, ‘You shouldn't do that with your baby. You shouldn't hold your baby that way. You shouldn't let your baby sleep like that.’ Small stuff like that. … I haven't [responded] so far, but if anybody were to comment on Leo, I think my mama bear [would come out]."

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Kim Kardashian

When many doubted that the reality star's eldest daughter, North, really painted the artwork on Kardashian's Instagram Story in February 2021, she clapped back. "How dare you see children doing awesome things and then try to accuse them of NOT being awesome!?!?!?” the E! personality wrote at the time. “Please stop embarrassing yourselves with the negativity and allow every child to be GREAT!!! NORTH WEST PAINTED THAT PERIODTDDDDABCDEFGZFDT!!!!!!”

In November 2021, the former X Factor host told Cosmopolitan UK that she wants haters to leave her daughter “alone,” saying, "People give unsolicited commentary no matter what you do. So I try and keep True stuff as clear and simple as I can [on social media] for her sake.”

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Mina Starsiak Hawk

"Most people who say or do unkind things do it because they are hurting in some way, so I do my best to keep that in mind,” the Good Bones star exclusively told Us in February 2021 of trolls slamming her “mommy makeover” — a tummy tuck, liposuction and breast implants.

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Julie Chrisley

"People will write things like, 'She doesn't fit into your family,' and it hurts my heart,” the Chrisley Knows Best star told Today Parents of her granddaughter Chloe in February 2021. "If it's something stupid about me, I don't care. I don't have time for that. But if you attack Chloe, I'm gonna call you out. Your coworkers and the families sitting beside you in church every week should know what kind of person you are.”

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Candace Cameron Bure

When some of the Fuller House alum’s followers criticized her daughter Natasha's “weird” pose and one of her son's “angry” expression in a January 2021 family photo, the actress wrote, "Wow — I post a family photo and you all find everything you don't like about it or can make fun of. Do better than that. Please."

The former View cohost defended her clapback later that same month, telling Extra: “On social media, everyone gets criticized, and if you are a celebrity, it just comes with the territory and I can handle it, but the second someone starts to criticize my children or say negative things like that, mama bear comes out. I just had to remind people that there are real people with real feelings behind the screen and I’m not posting for your negativity.”

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Madison LeCroy

The Southern Charm star sarcastically asked an Instagram troll in January 2021 if she should “wear a turtleneck” after being told moms should “cover up.”

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Katie Price

When the former model was bashed in January 2021 for planning to send her son, Harvey, to a residential college for full-time care, she exclusively told Us, "If someone’s got a teenage son and they want to go to university or something miles away, they live up there. It’s no different for Harvey. I’m trying to give him the best I can in life to be independent and have his own choices. What do they expect him to do, sit at home every day and not excel and do nothing because he’s got a disability? No, he shouldn’t be treated any different at all.”

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Kristin Cavallari

Back in 2016, the Very Cavallari star’s kids were “skinny-shamed” after she posted a photo of them at a beach. She snapped back at one person on Instagram: “Yep, I starve my children.” But the mother of Camden, Jaxon and Saylor has since learned to ignore the negativity, telling Us Weekly, “I don’t read any of it. I know what I’m doing.”

The former reality star called negative comments about her parenting “just noise” during a January 2021 Good Morning America appearance, adding, "It's the one area of my life that I'm so confident in. I know what a good mom I am. I know that I'm doing the best for me and my family."

When the Hills alum dyed her daughter’s hair pink in January 2021, she wrote via Instagram: "No, it’s not permanent so relax mommy-shamers.”

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Lindsay Arnold

The Dancing With the Stars pro told her Instagram followers in January 2021 that she was "far from perfect" in her parenting, adding, "You don’t need to remind me of that but why don’t we use our energy instead of always looking for the negative and finding things to criticize? I’m very over it. So if that’s what you want to do on Instagram, please unfollow me and leave my kind and loving followers alone.”

Later that same month, the choreographer exclusively told Us that mom-shaming is “not OK, and it’s never going to be.” She commented, "We need to lift each other up. We need to be supportive. We need to be loving. And if you don't have anything nice to say, then just keep your mouth shut. [That] is kinda my mentality right now.”

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Bekah Martinez

"Don’t worry, we keep things at bath temp for Ruth and I," the Bachelor alum captioned her March 2020 Instagram Story after taking a dip with her daughter.

In July 2020, Martinez clapped back at an Instagram troll who called breast-feeding her toddler “psychologically damaging,” writing, "This makes me want to nurse her until, like, age 7. If a child is voluntarily nursing … there is NOTHING psychologically damaging about nursing through and even past the toddler years.”

She shared a video of her son Franklin's birth the following month despite being "nervous" about showing the "raw and primal" footage. Martinez wrote, "This is a moment worth sharing; so in advance — f--k the haters.”

In August 2020, Martinez laughed off an Instagram troll slamming her decision to let Ruth watch Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" music video. "There's always one," she captioned a screenshot of a message reading, "Why the F--K would you let your BABY watch a music video like that?! Sick.”

The California native defended photos of her son, Franklin, wearing a bow two months later. "We should be able to normalize being able to put boys in bows and things that are girly," Martinez said on her October 2020 Instagram Story. "What the f--k is girly about a bow? It’s literally a piece of ribbon or fabric tied in a certain way. That’s dumb.”

In January 2021, Martinez clapped back at claims that her daughter didn’t have a “proper sleep schedule.” She wrote via Instagram: "I know this is well-intentioned but it's rude and unprompted. She DOES have a sleep schedule we established well over a year ago but she's been waking up a lot over the past couple [of] months because we have a tiny house and she hears Frank crying while we're trying to get HIM on a sleep schedule (even though we have literally four sound machines). Reading messages like this just makes me feel more frustrated. It's not helpful."

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Leah Messer

"Some of the comments on a photo of me with Ali are despicable,” the Teen Mom 2 star tweeted in May 2020. “I’m sickened. What world are we living and raising our children in? Let’s teach all of our kids that we are each born with unique differences that make us the beautiful individuals we are!!! We are all different and that is BEAUTIFUL!”

After a Twitter user slammed a “pitiful” Teen Mom 2 clip of Adalynn getting gum on a producer’s mic in December 2020, the Hope, Grace & Faith author clapped back. "Just to be clear: Addie did not intentionally put the gum on the mic,” Messer wrote. "She had it on a wrapper and sat the mic down on it. For crying out loud, she was 6."

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Erin Napier

"If you feel you may be a person capable of communicating this way, please see yourself away from my account or I’ll be glad to help you do that,” the Home Town star wrote via Instagram in December 2020 following "cruel" comments about her daughter, Helen.

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Katie Lee

"Mom shame much?" the chef wrote via Instagram in December 2020 after being advised not to hold her baby "so much." Lee defended herself via Instagram, writing, "Not to worry, my baby gets plenty of tummy time, activity time, etc."

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Elizabeth Chambers

After Armie Hammer was criticized in July 2019 for sharing a video of his son, Ford, sucking on his toes, his wife clapped back on Instagram. “Our son likes to play with people’s feet and I put the video on our family stream because this phase is an ongoing joke,” the actress wrote. “Sharing the video on Instagram was def not the best move on A’s part. But I can assure you that our children’s safety and well-being is always our first priority.” 

In November 2020, the actress clapped back at a “21-year-old non mom, but apparent parental expert” after letting her kids eat Nutella pizza before bed. “They don’t make a habit of it and brushed their teeth again,” Chambers messaged the hater at the time.

When an Instagram user criticized Chambers' mask-less birthday party for Harper in November 2020, she wrote, "No COVID in [the Cayman] Island[s]. Research before you judge.”

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Amy Duggar

When an Instagram troll told the Marriage Boot Camp alum to stop being “selfish” and have more babies in October 2020, she clapped back, writing, "Who in their right mind says, 'I think your body is ready to pop out more kids,' to a total stranger?! … Children are such a blessing, but I can't imagine being pregnant again right now. I'd be unmotivated, emotional, stressed out and not in a good head space and that's OK to admit."

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Ashley Graham

"Mom-shamers are just mean girls who grew up to be mothers," the model said in an October 2020 Red Table Talk episode of the criticism she received for breast-feeding.

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Jessica Alba

The L.A.'s Finest star has had to do "a lot of therapy" about mom-shaming, she chimed in. "Certainly now that I’m almost 40, I’ve come to this place where I realize that most people who have something to say, it’s because they’re so insecure and it’s more of them being ashamed of themselves, being overly critical," Alba explained at the time. "For whatever reason, the natural reaction is to pull other people apart for them to feel justified or them to feel OK.”

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Jada Pinkett Smith

"There is nothing that anyone could say to me to tell me that it was wrong,” the actress said in the same episode of her daughter, Willow, shaving her head at age 12. "Not one person, because I was there, I was looking at her. I saw her face. I knew the journey that she and I took together to get to that point. And so it didn’t really matter what anybody said.”

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Joy-Anna Duggar

“I was holding Evy and then Gideon was trying to hold my hand,” the Counting On star told an Instagram hater in October 2020. “I wasn’t about to drop her tho."

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Eva Longoria

"The mom-shamers of the world are real," the Desperate Housewives alum told Anna Faris in October 2020, noting that she is "never going to tell someone how to parent."

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Tenley Molzahn

"My goodness, I knew it was a thing, and I was prepared to be presented with it — but it’s NASTY and the shamers are brutal,” the Bachelor alum captioned an October 2020 Instagram selfie with her daughter, Rell. "I can actually hear the judgements right now with this photo because you can’t see my baby’s nose and mouth. ... I don’t ever want to have to defend myself on people’s assumptions — they are assumptions. And I don’t want the negativity or the shaming to steal our joy. And really, shame on those who shame others."

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Hoda Kotb

The Daytime Emmy winner, who is the mother of Haley and Hope, said on Today in September 2020 that mom-shaming "hurts," explaining, "I got a physical letter ... from a woman who wrote, 'Who do you think you are, having kids [in your 50s]?' I literally read it and thought, 'Oh, my God, I can't believe someone put a stamp on it and sent it.’ Who would take a piece of paper and a pen and write that and fold it and put it in the envelope with a stamp and go to the trouble of mailing it? It took effort."

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Jenna Bush Hager

Kotb's cohost shared her own mom-shaming experience at the time, saying she was previously slammed for going on a business trip. "I felt this stab in my stomach and I was about to write her back and then I just thought, 'I don't want to add shame into shame,'" the former first daughter explained. "I didn't want a bunch of people piling on.”

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Loren Brovarnik

"It’s one thing to TRY and bring me down (insert chuckles) … but bring my son into this — you’re messing with the WRONG mama bear!” the 90 Day Fiancé star captioned her May 2020 Instagram Story after a hater called her newborn son "ugly" in a direct message. “Troll or not, get a f--king life! And get some water because you’re thirsty as hell! You are the a--hole here!”

The former reality star star was working to “take [her] own advice” handling mom-shamers in September 2020, explaining via Instagram: “I’m … doing what works for me and my family. If it works, what’s the big deal? It’s not bothering anyone else.”

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Carly Waddell

”You guys have to stop with the pacifier talk,” the Bachelor in Paradise alum said on her September 2020 Instagram Story after showing off her favorite products for her son, Charlie. “You just have to or I’m gonna block you. It honestly just annoys the crap out of me.”

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Hilaria Baldwin

The "Mom Brain" podcast host hit back at haters after they commented on a post she shared in September 2020 that showed her multitasking by brushing her teeth while she breast-fed her 3-day-old son Eduardo. "Let me be really clear about something," she wrote. "I will post here and there about how we are doing. If you send me a comment telling me how much to post or how little, and I happen to see the message, I will just block you. I'm not interested in those opinions. 5 kids in, we are happy, healthy, bonded, tired, busy, but blessed. The split second it takes to snap a pic or put it here, on our community that we have built for years, is something I enjoy."

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Jessie James Decker

"No different than a swimsuit," the fashion designer wrote via Instagram when one of her followers slammed her decision to wear her underwear around her kids. "I teach my children the body is beautiful. Nothing to be ashamed of.”

In September 2020, the fashion designer told her Instagram followers that she was "very careful" while throwing her eldest son a birthday party amid the coronavirus pandemic. "This small group of children celebrating Bubby are already in the same class at school so we are around each other all the time already," Decker wrote at the time.

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Maddie Brown

"This was not a light-hearted decision," the Sister Wives star wrote via Instagram in August 2020 of her and Caleb Brush's decision to have their daughter Evangalynn's foot amputated. "We spent the better part of the last year educating ourselves, talking to doctors, prosthetists, other families and other amputees as we came to the decision we did. … Sometimes it's about quality of life.”

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Jenny Mollen

After the actress was shamed for "getting an IV drip," she exclusively told Us in August 2020 that she replied, "Look, my husband is famous for f--king a pie [in American Pie]. I think I have bigger fish to fry and bigger things to worry about than this photo."

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Tameka “Tiny” Harris

When the Grammy winner's 24-year-old daughter, Zonnique Pullins, found herself under fire in August 2020 for announcing her and boyfriend Bandhunta Izzy’s pregnancy, Harris clapped back. "I was not married and I turned out fine. I did not struggle — I was out there getting my money,” the Xscape member told Page Six at the time. "I had a baby father but we weren’t married and I lived a great life. Zonnique lived a great life. She did not want for anything."

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Farrah Abraham

"I don't really feel like I can be shamed when I protect my child,” the Teen Mom OG alum exclusively told Us in June 2020 after showing a vibrator in a video with Sophia. “I educate my daughter. We have so much fun on TikTok. … I think I’m doing pretty great.”

After showing her daughter's fake nails in an August 2020 Instagram video, Abraham told In Touch Weekly: "Allowing Sophia to be creative in her art and discovery of beauty is nothing to be ashamed of."

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Kelly Clarkson

"Before I get attacked for being the worst mom ever, it’s safe, organic paint," the singer tweeted in July 2020 after giving her daughter, River, a purple streak in her hair.

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Maren Morris

“Honestly, I get so many criticisms of my motherhood on anything I post of Hayes, so I may just discontinue posting photos of him. Sucks but it’s kind of where I’m at,” the country singer tweeted in July 2020 after being slammed for not putting a life jacket on her son, Hayes. “We talked about curbing posting photos anyway now that he’s a little bit older, but the added crap from (mostly other moms) folks definitely forced our hand.”

Later that same month, the Texas native said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen: "I would just have to say that anyone that is a mother who is shaming another mother, [that] obviously comes from just a deep insecurity in your own motherhood that you have to criticize someone else, especially who is brand new at this. We all feel like we suck in the beginning anyways." She went on to say that her son was "completely safe" on the floatie.

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Kailyn Lowry

"My toddler likes to be naked," the Teen Mom 2 star tweeted in December 2019 in response to criticism about her son Lux not wearing clothes around the house. "I don’t understand why that would be hard for some people to understand."

The following month, the Letter of Love author defended letting her youngest wear diapers, tweeting, "Lux turned 2 in August. I’m not going to rush him into something based on someone else’s standards. What works for us is waiting until he’s ready. Not when IM ready.”

"You have no idea what happened & how I came to this decision,” the “Coffee Convos” podcast host tweeted in February 2020 when asked why she “decided to have another kid with” Chris Lopez. She went on to tell Us at the time: “I know that the situation is not ideal, however, the absolutely untrue and defamatory statements people are making about me because of this are out of hand. At the end of the day, I have three children that are happy, healthy and wonderful kids. I know I’m prepared to raise another baby on my own and we are all so excited to welcome him into our family."

When an Instagram troll told pregnant Lowry in July 2020 to “figure [things] out” with Lopez so he could attend their baby-to-be’s birth, she wrote on her Instagram Story: "Why would I make the call to someone who has not been helpful, consistent, empathetic or compassionate for the entire 9 months? Says he doesn’t care but thinks he should be included in the birth? Make it make sense.”

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Tori Roloff

In November 2019, the pregnant Little People, Big World star slammed a hater for calling her fat and unhealthy and telling her she needed to set a better example for her son, Jackson, and soon-to-be-born daughter.  "I usually do not respond to ridiculousness like this, but what in the actual heck," she captioned a screenshot of the message. "I can not believe women talk to other women like this. Calling me fat and unhealthy is the most disgusting thing ever. Comparing me to others is so detrimental. If you want me to be healthy for my family you should be lifting me up not tearing me down. GTFO. I'm pregnant and myself and baby girl are healthy as can be."

In December 2019, Tori reassured her Instagram followers that "everyone lets their kid hang out the window" to see Christmas lights at the Portland International Raceway. "Before everyone freaks out, we’re going 2mph on a closed track," the TLC personality captioned an Instagram Story video at the time.

When a social media troll said in July 2020 that Jackson’s legs were “curving” and he looked “in pain,” Tori replied via Instagram: “He’s actually popping his hip here with some sass. It exaggerates the bowing. He is in no pain whatsoever.” Later that same month, she wrote, "I feel like I’ve done a damn good job of being the best I can be. I don’t owe you anything. You don’t own me. You can’t manipulate me. This is my Instagram and I can choose what I want to share. If this doesn’t sit well with you … I’m sorry. It’s not my job to change your mind.”

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Jessa Duggar

The TLC star, who shares three children with husband Ben Seewald, isn't interested in appeasing rude followers online. "We just have to remind ourselves, like, we don't live for the approval of every single person out there," Duggar told Us exclusively in July 2020. "We love each other. We love our kids. We love God and we try to live our lives to please God. ... You can't please every single person out there." Seewald agreed, adding that while they might never stop seeing criticism on social media entirely, they try not to "become jaded at people" and react from a place of understanding instead.

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Molly Sims

“Everyone has a voice, and I respect that,” the model exclusively told Us in June 2020. “I don't love the negativity, so if I do write something back, I always say, ‘I hear you.’ But I try to always go back with a positive. It's hard when you're really mad and you think people are criticizing you.”

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Amanda Stanton

“I can’t control what a sick person might be thinking," the Bachelor in Paradise alum wrote after she was criticized for posting her daughter Charlie's bikini pic on Instagram. "We were at the beach today and there were kids running around naked. People post photos of their kids in the bath or at the pool, etc. I understand there are sick people out there, and I do everything in my power to protect my kids and keep them safe, but I can’t let it take over my life to the point where I’m scared to post a cute photo of them in a bathing suit.”

After Stanton brought her daughters to a protest supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in June 2019, she wrote via Instagram: "I understand not everyone is comfortable protesting or bringing kids and I totally understand that! I went back and forth on it and it was a decision I made so they could learn from an early age to use their voice and exercise their rights to stand up for something that's so important.