{"id":236384,"date":"2026-01-16T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/236384\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:28:08","slug":"sue-radford-sparks-concern-following-online-abuse-as-22-kids-and-counting-star-delivers-worrying-social-media-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/236384\/","title":{"rendered":"Sue Radford sparks concern following online abuse as 22 Kids and Counting star delivers worrying social media update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sue Radford has admitted she is considering quitting Instagram altogether after growing disenchanted with social media.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old, who is the mother of Britain\u2019s largest family, shared the candid update with her 534,000 followers in a New Year message.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve not really posted on here much recently as I\u2019m not really into Insta anymore,\u201d Ms Radford told followers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, I\u2019ve been thinking of not having it, but I\u2019m going to try and get back into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sue<\/p>\n

Sue Radford is the mother of Britain\u2019s largest family<\/p>\n

| Channel 5<\/p>\n

The confession came as Ms Radford shared updates from the family\u2019s first trip of 2026, a weekend break in their \u00a340,000 motorhome.<\/p>\n

Documenting the getaway, she described a relaxed day out with the children, writing: \u201cWe\u2019ve had such a lovely day today going on a three-mile walk, then soft play and chill in the motorhome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later that evening, she added: \u201cTop Gun and gymnastics in the van. Is it bedtime yet?\u201d<\/p>\n

While the family did not reveal their destination, photos showed the children enjoying time together inside the campervan.<\/p>\n

\"Sue<\/p>\n

Sue and Noel Radford have both spoken previously on the ‘toxicity’ of social media<\/p>\n

| INSTAGRAM\/THE RADFORD FAMILY<\/p>\n

Ms Radford\u2019s apparent frustration with social media follows criticism previously voiced by her husband, Noel Radford, over online abuse directed at the family.<\/p>\n

The 55-year-old businessman has described internet trolls as \u201ccowardly\u201d and motivated by jealousy, revealing the family had even considered legal action in the past.<\/p>\n

In their book The Radfords: Making Life Count, the couple opened up about the darker side of public attention since first appearing on television in 2012.<\/p>\n

Mr Radford said: \u201cWe get so many lovely comments from viewers, but there\u2019s a whole other world online that sadly isn\u2019t quite the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple have since abandoned social media platform X, with Mr Radford branding the platform \u201cabsolutely vile\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Radford agreed, saying: \u201cTwitter, or X, is just toxic. We try to manage our own accounts and ignore comments elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s motorhome trip followed a recent appearance at Preston Magistrates\u2019 Court, where the couple were fined for failing to ensure regular school attendance for four of their children.<\/p>\n

The offences occurred between March and May 2025, when the children were taken out of school for a \u00a352,000 trip to Disney World Florida, to mark Ms Radford\u2019s 50th birthday.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Radfords were fined for failing to ensure regular school attendance for four of their children.<\/p>\n

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ITV<\/p>\n

They were ordered to pay \u00a3260 in fines, plus \u00a3118 in court costs.<\/p>\n

Ms and Mr Radford star in Channel 5\u2019s 22 Kids and Counting and also run Radford\u2019s Pie Company.<\/p>\n

Despite recent controversy, the couple continued travelling throughout 2025, with family holidays to Lapland and Dubai.<\/p>\n

While the family is often seen as close-knit, they have faced internal tensions, most notably a public fallout with their daughter Millie in 2023. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Ms Radford shared updates from the family\u2019s first trip of 2026, a weekend break in their \u00a340,000 motorhome<\/p>\n

| <\/p>\n

INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n

At the time, she accused her parents of \u201cchoosing favourites\u201d and profiting from their grandchildren after her own children were excluded from a family trip to Florida.<\/p>\n

Ms Radford later played down the disagreement, describing it as \u201cwater under the bridge\u201d, and the family appear to have since reconciled, with Millie going on to feature in subsequent episodes of the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sue Radford has admitted she is considering quitting Instagram altogether after growing disenchanted with social media. The 50-year-old,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[139710,430,3623,10573,156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-236384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-22-kids-and-counting","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity","11":"tag-channel-5","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}