‘Sort your s*** out, Mark Zuckerberg!’: Georgia Tennant slams Facebook for removing a photo of her breastfeeding daughter Birdie
- The actress, 35, took to Instagram on Wednesday morning to shame the social network for sexualising’ the image
- Georgia, the wife of wife of Doctor Who star David Tennant, directly called out Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the irate post
- Facebook’s policy states that most breastfeeding photos should be allowed if they do not show the mother’s nipple
- It states: ‘We agree that breastfeeding is natural and beautiful and we’re glad to know that it’s important for mothers to share their experiences with others’
- Georgia and David, 49, met on the set of Doctor Who in 2008 when she appeared in The Doctor’s Daughter and later wed in 2011.
- The couple share children Olive, nine, Wilfred, seven, and Doris, five, and Birdie, eight months, and David adopted Georgia’s son Ty, now 18, when they married
Georgia Tennant has slammed Facebook for removing a photo of her breastfeeding her eight-month-old daughter Birdie.
The actress, 35, took to Instagram on Wednesday morning to shame the social network for sexualising’ the image.
Georgia, the wife of wife of Doctor Who star David Tennant, called out Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the irate post as she shared the black and white shot.
Outraged: Georgia Tennant has criticised Facebook after it removed a photo of her breastfeeding her daughter Birdie, eight months
She said: ‘Facebook just removed this photo because it violated their policy on sexual images.
‘Sort your s*** out @Zuck or I’ll come round there and squirt you in the eye.
‘#Breastfeeding #ifyouthinkthisissexualitmaybeyouthatistheissue.’
Facebook’s policy states that most breastfeeding photos should be allowed if they do not show the mother’s nipple.
Unhappy: The actress, 35, shared the lovely black and white image on Instagram and called out Mark Zuckerberg
It says on the site: ‘We agree that breastfeeding is natural and beautiful and we’re glad to know that it’s important for mothers to share their experiences with others on Facebook.
‘The vast majority of these photos are compliant with our policies.’
Georgia’s post comes after she urged women to book smear tests after her own appointment helped doctors spot her cervical cancer.
In an insightful and emotional blog post from 2018, the You, Me and Him star detailed how doctors spotted early signs and managed to remove the cancer before proving fatal.
From the start of seeing abnormalities in her test, in the blog post Georgia admitted she ‘started planning her funeral’, as she shared details of her journey to promote Cervical Screening Awareness Week on Monday.
Happy family: Georgia and David wed in 2011 and share children Olive, nine, Wilfred, seven, and Doris, five, and Birdie
Georgia admitted that while she is typically a private person, she felt it her duty to share details of her journey to help others see the importance of the tests.
Taking to Instagram, she shared a snap from hospital while sporting a medical gown.
She added a caption reading: ‘Here I am on 22nd February 2018. Although ’tis indeed a fetching look, if you’d like to learn more about why you should never miss a smear test please read the story attached in bio. #cervicalscreeningawarenessweek’.
Georgia recently starred alongside her husband David, 49, in BBC’s lockdown drama Staged, with Michael Sheen.
The couple met on the set of Doctor Who in 2008 when she appeared in The Doctor’s Daughter.
The pair wed in 2011 and share children Olive, nine, Wilfred, seven, and Doris, five, and Birdie.
David adopted Georgia’s son Ty, now 18, when they married.