After years of criticism in the press, Sophie Turner isn’t afraid to stand up for herself. Last week, Sophie called out a mommy shamer in her Instagram comments, defending herself from yet another unwarranted attack on her parenting.
This all began on Aug. 4, when Sophie shared a carousel on Instagram of herself and friends enjoying a night out at an Oasis concert. “Bucket hats & beers... That’ll do me. Thank you @levis,” she captioned the post. Pretty harmless stuff, unless you’re a troll looking for clout.
One such troll decided to take to the comments, writing, “lmfao I think she has forgotten that she has two kids.” If that sounds like a weird thing to assume based on one photo dump from an Oasis concert, that’s because it is. And Sophie, who is mom to Willa, 5, and Delphine, 3, with her ex Joe Jonas, wasn’t about to let it slide.
“Ah, I’m so sorry, sometimes I forget some people can’t think for themselves,” she wrote in response. “So... Get this... There’s this crazy thing called shared custody. Maybe, just maybe, they were with their dad that day.”
Sophie is no stranger to this line of criticism. After she and Joe announced their split in 2023, she was painted as an absent mother to their two young girls. Tabloids accused her of being a bad mother while Joe was photographed having lunch with their kids.
“Those were the worst few days of my life,” Sophie later told British Vogue, explaining that, at the time, she was on set in the UK filming Joan and unable to return to the states to see her girls. “It hurt because I really do completely torture myself over every move I make as a mother—mum guilt is so real!”
After a contentious custody battle, Sophie and Joe were able to work out a joint custody agreement, and the two appear to be on good terms.
