'Britain's most tattooed mum' called bad parent by brutal trolls on daily basis

08 March 2024 , 13:52

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Melissa Sloan is a mum to seven children and often hits the headlines due to her controversial look (Image: Melissa Sloan)

'Britain's most tattooed mum' has spoken out after being branded a bad parent due to her fondness for ink which even covers her face.

Melissa Sloan is a mum to seven children and often hits the headlines due to her controversial look, which has grown to include more than 800 tattoos all over her body. The 45-year-old says she adds up to three designs a week with her own needle gun, adding that she is constantly judged for her unique style.

Ahead of Mother’s Day this weekend, Melissa, from Kidderminster said: “I get brutal messages from trolls every day. It’s really upsetting when they tell me I shouldn’t have kids or that my children will run away when they get older. Being bullied in this way is really tough. It happens in person too, when I do normal parent things like go to the supermarket or corner shop to get food.

"People stare at me or whisper.” Previously, she’s talked about how going out in public is often “too much drama”, leaving the mum to rely on her partner to help out with the shopping so she can stay in, away from prying eyes. Melissa, though tries to not to let the hate get to her.

Melissa gets called a bad parent (Melissa Sloan)

Melissa is called a bad mum (Melissa Sloan)

She said: “Even though it’s painful, I’m beyond caring about other people’s opinions. But it does affect my life as I try not to go out too much because there’s always some kind of drama. I’m just a parent and my kids are happy. My tattoos don’t change that.”

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Despite her appearance reportedly stopping her from getting a job, seeing her banned from pubs and from her children's school plays, the mum intends to keep adding to her collection for the foreseeable. Melissa said: “People think I look better without tattoos, but they aren’t going anywhere. I just like being crazy and having fun in my life, I’m not being boring. I will never stop having tattoos until the end.”

It comes after Melissa said last November how she would press pause on adding to her 800 inkings - because she wanted to try and get pregnant with her eighth child. Although she's previously said she will "never stop" going under the needle to add more ink to her body, she confessed that she's willing to stop her obsession for nine months in order to add to her family.

she told the Daily Star: "I won't be having tattoos for about nine months. Well, you can have tattoos but I won't be doing that. I just worry that it would harm the child, the baby that will be inside me. I'll give up smoking as well and I don't drink."

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