Ranvir Singh couldn’t believe what she was hearing as two Good Morning Britain guests argued about women wearing make-up while giving delivery.
The host first stated that she’salutes’ women who find the time and drive to get dressed up for work, and that they should be entitled to make their own judgements.
‘At the outset can I just say, I think that talking about what women do during childbirth should be completely left alone,’ she said, before introducing the debate between broadcasters Claire Muldoon and Naomi Isted.
‘I’m one of these women who do not put my bins out without some makeup… But to be perfectly honest with you, I have four children and the most important thing is welcoming a healthy baby and healthy mum at the end of the labour,’ Claire said as the debate started in a relatively tame manner.
‘This is getting to the stage that it’s more than pushing out a baby, it’s pushing out a narrative,’ she argued. ‘You’re pushing this narrative that you need to be the best version of yourself, you need to wear lots of makeup, you need to be beautiful.’
This lit a spark in Naomi, who immediately branded Claire’s comments ‘really offensive’ and responded: ‘I think that as a woman, it’s a woman’s prerogative and narrative to have their own birth experience.’
Naomi reflected on her own birth experiences, nothing that she’s had a blow dry, fake tan and had her hair and makeup done for past labours because she ‘wanted to feel good’.
‘I’d gone through nine months of a terrible pregnancy. I felt awful and I wanted to feel good bringing my child into the world,’ she said, but Claire fired back that she was spreading a ‘dangerous narrative’ as the pair started shouting over each other.
Naomi questioned: ‘How can that be a narrative that’s dangerous, to make the most of yourself?’
Ranvir pointed to women who lose their identity after having a baby, and asked Naomi if she thinks that’s part of it.
‘I think it’s crucially important As soon as you have a child, your life changes and you make so many sacrifices,’ she replied. ‘Yes labour’s hard, but life is hard as well. I make an effort every day, whether it’s a school run, whether it’s work… It makes me feel good within.’
Claire claimed that getting your nails done or topping up your tan is the last thing a mother should be thinking about, while Ranvir admitted she disliked the notion of someone caressing her newborn baby while wearing lipstick.
Although Naomi claimed she ditched artificial tan until after nursing due to an unpleasant moment when the tan soiled her son’s skin, she also admitted she ‘topped up’ her makeup between contractions during a 38-hour labour. She remembered getting a fake tan while breastfeeding and the tan staining her son’s hair, so she opted to wait for her tan to fade.
‘I was completely bored,’ she said. ‘For women, it is such a lifechanging experience having children, and why wouldn’t we help our mental health by being the best version of ourselves? It’s very easy to be a lazy person and to lower your standards.’
Ranvir sounded shocked after the last comment, asking: ‘Who are you calling lazy?’, while Naomi started to talk about people who ‘don’t want to make an effort’.
The host fired back: ‘Sorry?! You’re saying if you don’t put makeup on you’re lazy?’
‘Not at all,’ the guest insisted, and the conversation moved onto her comparing it to a sportsman trying to stay in the best shape while Claire told her not to push a narrative that puts women under pressure.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV 1.
Source My Celebrity Life.