Christine McGuinness lets her hair down at celeb hotspot after being defended over Instagram post

Christine McGuinness let her hair down as she enjoyed a night out after returning to the UK from a sun-soaked holiday.

Wearing a white mini dress and thigh-high black boots the TV presenter headed to the Masquerade Event at Habbibi Bar and Restaurant in Leeds on Friday.

The 36-year-old model posted a series of reels from inside the party on her Instagram account, showing her dancing and enjoying the bash. She was also pictured alongside Zac Issak, owner of Habbibi Leeds and the sister site in Manchester.

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Earlier in the wee,k Christine had been enjoying a break in sunny Barcelona where she had stayed at the ME Sitges Terramar beach resort. Throughout the trip she kept her fans updated with a series of racy snaps and videos taken on the beach.

In her latest post from her holiday, uploaded on Friday, the mum of three wrote: "In the waves of change we find our true direction. Right now I’m embracing flowing like the sea, strong yet calm but always free, like mother nature I’m simply just being me."

However, it was the video accompanying the post, which showed Christine looking out to the sea wearing only her bikini bottoms and a pair of Christian Dior sunglasses, that got fans talking.

On wrote: "Why do you always have to be half naked, I wonder?". However Christine's fans quickly defended her with one saying: "If I looked like her I’d be 100% naked", and another adding: "Because it’s her life, her body, her social media and her prerogative."

Former The Only Way is Essex star Amy Childs also responded to the video writing: "Need a body like yours".

Meanwhile, Christine will appear on our TV screens next week as part