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WE’RE NOT SISTERS I’M HER MUM!

Scrolling through the comments online, I couldn’t help but laugh. It was February 2024, and my daughter Saffron, 25, had helped me produce another video to share with my half a million Instagram followers. Dressed in matching lilac workout gear, we laughed about the comparisons we were always receiving. ‘We are mother and daughter, but who’s who?’ we teased in unison. Within an hour of posting the video, hundreds of familiar comments came flooding in.

‘WHY SHOULD OTHER PEOPLE DICTATE WHAT I CAN WEAR?’

‘You’re not fooling anyone with the mother and daughter riddle,

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