Stacey Solomon fiercely defended by fans as they fume 'how rude' over response to happy family photos

Stacey Solomon has been fiercely defended by her loyal social media followers as she posted a string of happy family photos. The Loose Women star has openly shared that she has been emotional about leaving her young family behind while working.

While Stacey has been back at work for weeks now, the 33-year-old spent the last week travelling back and forth to Scotland. The mum-of-five has been away from home filming a new episode of her BBC One show Sort Your Life Out.

She did return back to Essex twice in that week as she booked in other work commitments before knowing how far away she'd be filming her popular show, which sees Stacey and her team help families transform their homes which begins with a life-changing declutter.

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However, she returned to Scotland on Thursday and didn't head back to Essex until Sunday, saying it's the longest she's been away from her youngest children with her husband Joe Swash - Rex, four, Rose, 20 months, and five-month-old Belle.

But on Sunday (July 9), Stacey shared how she had been reunited with her husband and their children. Posting on the new social media site Threads, she said: "Made it home to my babies. Current happiness level 1000000000. Happy Sunday everyone."

She also took to Instagram to share a bunch of sweet snaps of them all together. In the first couple of images, Stacey beamed for the camera as she stood in the middle of her brood. Joe held onto baby Belle while a smiley Rose stood in front of her mum.

And Stacey's eldest sons looked all grown up, especially Zachary who is now starting to tower over his mum. Other images showed Rose and Rex adorably posing for the camera while