Cumbria's Helen Skelton has opened up about the pressures of social media in this modern age.

“Why do we put pressure on ourselves to present this picture-perfect image to the outside world when the reality of family busy life is that it’s chaotic, it’s busy, a bit rough around the edges, and that’s what life is,” the mum-of-three told PA.

“Me and my friends describe it as fifth gear or no gear, and I think you just have to take the pressure off of a bit and accept that’s what it is.”

Skelton, 42, who split from the children’s father, retired rugby player Richie Myler, in 2022, is cheerfully self-deprecating about her parenting, pointing out that when she was asked to support a new campaign highlighting the “ludicrous expectations of parenting being pedalled on social media”, she thought it might be because her own parenting simply wasn’t “picture-perfect”.

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