Loose Women viewers were left outraged as Kaye Adams, Linda Robson, Katie Piper and Jane Moore chatted to The Man With 1,000 kids donor Jonathan Meijer.
Loose Women fans have slammed the ITV daytime show following an interview with Jonathan Meijer, the sperm donor at the centre of a shocking new Netflix docuseries, The Man with 1000 kids.
Kaye Adams, Katie Piper, Linda Robson and Jane Moore were back on the panel on Friday (July 26) lunchtime to discuss the latest headlines across the globe.
They brought Jonathan onto the show via video link to discuss his story as a Dutch sperm donor accused of fathering over 500 children and defrauding vulnerable families worldwide.
Netflix dropped the three-part series earlier this month and Jonathan has since said he has in fact helped bring 550 children into the world, not 1000.
During the awkward chat, the ladies appeared to become frustrated as Jonathan conintued to speak over them as they quizzed him about the controversial docuseries.
As they tuned into the latest edition of Loose Women, fans watching at home took to social media to share their thoughts and they didn’t hold back. Taking to X, formely known as Twitter, one fan penned: “Nah Loose Women, this is the worst interview I’ve ever seen. All four women don’t know how to interview. How can you ask a sperm doner why he doesn’t take care of his kids #loosewomen”
Another added: “Am I missing something? Surely he only donated to women who had requested donation? #loosewomen.” A third person wrote: “The @loosewomen interview with the Dutch sperm donor was terrible. They almost condemned this man for helping 550 women have children. And said he’s a ‘dad without the responsibilities’? What a joke. If nobody wanted to be a donor. Men would be the bad guys. #loosewomen
Jonathan previously revealed on the show he stopped donating sperm to new recipients, of his own volition, in 2019. He came to the decision, in part, because he wants to focus on having children of his own.
Four years later, a Dutch court ordered him to stop donating sperm, destroy any held by clinics and imposed a €100,000 fine for any future infraction, although it makes allowance for mothers who want biological siblings for their donor kids.
Meijer says he declined to participate in The Man with 1000 Kids because it’s not in the best interest of the donor children. “I think it’s really capitalising on these families, who were infertile or just wanted to have families,” he says.
“They’re good people, lovely people, and now people will ask them: ‘Oh, is your child one from the 1,000 donor doc?’ Is the doc going to do any good for the children?’.”
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Source: USA Today
