Stacey Solomon has said she sometimes feels “harassed” and like she is being "stalked" by the media.
The reality TV star claimed she has had photographers “sitting outside our house” and intruding on family events.
“To me that’s no longer of public interest,” she told the Press Association. "It is weird. It's outrageous, in fact.
"There's no need to be followed around to family events. It should be illegal – these are kids. It's just weird. You pick your battles in those instances because you realise you've signed up to this – but to an extent. You feel like you’re being stalked.”
The former Loose Women panellist added: "I don't understand what the public interest has been lately and why they have the need to do that. We’re still navigating it, and trying to work out what we can do.”
Solomon, who is also a social media influencer, said the increased violations of her privacy has impacted what she posts online.
“Maybe it will make us think of things differently moving forward,” she said.
"Hopefully, I'll be able to stick up for myself enough for them to stop being inappropriate. But if I need to do something to stop this happening, then I’ll do it. The safety of my family comes before absolutely everything.”
Solomon has said the extent to which the media invade the privacy of her and her family “should be illegal”, adding their “outrageous” behaviour “makes you feel like you’re being stalked”.
She added said: "I think for a long time in celebrity culture, there was this expectation that you put yourself in the public eye so you deserve this treatment.
"There is an unwritten understanding. If me and Joe go out in the public and there happens to be somebody there and they get a picture of us, that's fair game.
She has recently spoken out on social media about being subject to a "pile-on" by the press, citing increasing intrusion into her privacy and a heightened interest in her personal life.
The 37-year-old found fame on ITV talent show The X Factor in 2009 and has since forged a successful TV career.
She currently stars alongside her husband Joe Swash and their family in a fly-on-the-wall reality series.
Stacey and Joe launched in 2025 and documents the lives of the couple and their children, as well as their ducks and two dogs, during day-to-day life at their Pickle Cottage home in Essex.
Solomon met Swash in 2010 when she was competing on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! where he was co-hosting the spin-off show, and have been together since 2016.
The couple tied the knot in 2022 and have three children together – Rex, who was born in 2019; Rose, born in 2021; and Belle, born in 2023.
She is also mother to Zach with ex-boyfriend Dean Cox, and Leighton with ex-fiance Aaron Barnham, while Swash has a son, Harry, with Emma Sophocleous.
The new series of Stacey and Joe will return to BBC One on November 10 at 8pm, and all episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer.
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