Jack Keating's mother Yvonne Connolly has hit back at online trolls after her son made his Love Island debut on Sunday.
The TV presenter and cook, 48, who also shares Missy, 21, and Ali, 16, with ex-husband Ronan Keating, took to Instagram on Monday to issue a statement.
Although she didn't reference any specific comments, Yvonne pointed out that her 38.8K followers had been far more "positive" than those on Twitter as she hit back at trolls.
Posting a picture of her son, the proud mother wrote: "After the teaser I'm looking forward to watching Jack tonight on Love Island. Thank you all so much for all your comments. All positive (can't say the same for other platforms!)
"So many people wishing Jack well and rooting for him. It means so much. My heart" followed with a heart emoji.
Just days earlier, Yvonne had also posted a picture of Jack to her Instagram grid as she announced that he was going into Love Island.
She wrote: "Love island has been providing the entertainment and bringing the drama this season. Just when I thought I can’t take anymore excitement my son Jack Keating is heading in to Casa Amor tonight. (It was a hard secret to keep !!) #GoJacko."
It comes after Ronan Keating admitted that he was "nervous as hell" watching son Jack, 23, enter Love Island.
Jack entered Casa Amor on Sunday as one of six new male bombshells and it wasn't long until he name dropped his famous father to Gemma Owen, the daughter of Michael Owen.
Sharing his thoughts over his son's explosive arrival to the ITV2 villa, Ronan, 45, admitted that his "heart was beating out of his chest".
Speaking to MailOnline, the Boyzone star and Life Is A Rollercoaster hitmaker said: "I won't lie, I've been nervous as hell. When I saw him walk into the villa my heart was beating out of my chest.
"I'm excited for him though, this is something he wanted to do, and I'll always support him and all my kids in their endeavours
"The house is not the same without him and his little brother and sister are missing playing with him every day but we're tuning in every night to get our Jack fix and see where this adventure takes him."
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Ronan shares Jack, as well as children Missy, 21, and Ali, 16, with ex-wife Yvonne. The singer also has children Cooper, five, and Coco, two, with wife Storm Keating, who he married in 2015.
It comes after Sunday night's episode showed Jack chatting to Gemma, the daughter of footballing legend Michael Owen, and while it took Gemma a while to reveal her famous family links, Jack wasted no time in mentioning his dad.
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