Ben Foden’s wife slams ‘Una-worshipping fanatics’ sending abuse in her DMs

Ben Foden’s wife, Jackie Belanoff Smith has hit back at trolls after they asked him to choose between his new baby and the children he has with his ex-wife, Una Healy.

Jackie took to her Instagram story to share a message she had received, asking Ben whether he would save his daughter Aoife Belle, who he shares with Una as well as their son Tadgh, or his new baby Farrah who he has with Jackie from a burning building. 

Sharing the post on her story, Jackie added: ‘Stumbled upon this healthy lady’s request to send me a message… 

‘Nice reminder to continue to not even look at that section of messages… Jesus people are so f**king dark and miserable… GET A LIFE.’

She also posted: ‘To answer your question it’d be the same degree of difficulty as it aoife and tadhg were in the same situation and he has to choose. What an asinine f**king question.’

Jackie then shared a longer post slamming ‘Una-worshipping fanatics’ for the abusive messages they have sent her, and their assumptions that Ben doesn’t see his other children, which he has been unable to visit recently due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

She wrote: ‘To be clear, Ben is f**king suffering not being able to fly back to see his kids. They were supposed to be with us in April but flights were cancelled.

‘We are waiting and checking EVERY DAY on updates on flights btw the US and England. We are hoping to have them all summer.

‘This pandemic has force separated us. The only time I’ve ever even seen Ben cry was over a video of Tadhg missing him.

‘Ben speaks to the kids EVERY DAY via Facetime. We spend hours almost every single day playing in their virtual reality apps with them, like Roblox. 

‘What we can do we are doing. We are trying.’

She added: ‘These Una-worshipping fanatics are literally the worst most hateful people I’ve ever encountered. 

‘Ben made one f**king mistake. Move on a**holes. He is a good man. He is a loving father.

‘I don’t even care about the nasty barrage of comments and dms I get from these people constantly telling me and he’ll cheat on me, that he married me for a green card, that he’s a liar etc. etc.

‘BUT LEAVE THE F**KING KIDS OUT OF IT. This one really p**sed me off. (Or it’s 5am and I’m up every 2 hours breastfeeding on no sleep and very hormonal.’

Jackie gave birth to the couple’s first child last week, and Ben shared eight-year-old Aoife and five-year-old Tadhg with Una. 

Ben and Una’s relationship broke down after he admitted to cheating on her with publicist Becky Milne, and the pair divorced in 2018 after six years of marriage. 

Jackie and Ben married in August 2019 after just two weeks of dating, tying the knot on a luxury yacht in Nantucket, Massachusetts. 

The pair are planning to move back to the UK and buy a house together in Cheshire, though they are currently isolating in Conneticut in the USA amid the pandemic. 

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