A2 Weekly News Update 11

My story this week comes from the Daily Mail, and highlights the on-going trolling and abuse that model Katie Price's eldest son Harvey receives. Harvey was found to be blind, and as he has  grown up it was also found that he is on the autistic spectrum, has a syndrome called Prader Willi and also struggles to walk. Harvey has very much been in the public eye as he has grown up, and every celebrity will receive hate or backlash at some stage during their time as this is the nature of being so public to people, but Harvey more so experiences this because of the severe needs he has.

This week Katie Price has hit back at one troll, Mark Williams who has targeted Harvey specifically and produced a string of vile tweets and memes mocking Harvey and his disabilities. The troll included a photo of a bag of Haribo Tangfastics and changed the name to 'Harveybo Tangspastics' with a photo of him stuck to the bag. He has also called Harvey a c*** and tweeted he 'hopes he chokes on a bag of sweets'. All of the above tweets are extremely abusive and as Katie Price has spoken out about Harvey's innocence and making it evident that he is unable to protect himself and she has now decided that she wants to take it to Parliament.

Why am I so interested in this article?


The reason this article intrests me so much is because I struggle to comprehend why a troll such as Williams would publicly mock an individual like Harvey when it is very clear that he can't defend himself. But then another part of me then is not surprised that this happens to him, because his mother, being a controversial figure in the media makes a big and public deal (as she should) out of it, meaning the trolls are seeing her crack and will continue to do this.