DANI Dyer has asked fans for help after one of her twin daughters contracted a nasty infection that has left her scratching and bleeding. 

The former Love Island star is a proud mum to one-year-old twin daughters, Star and Summer, and three-year-old son, Santiago, but has been struggling after they’ve all fallen sick. 

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However, taking to Instagram today, Dani revealed poor baby Star has got the worst of it after contracting a painful illness. 

In the video, the kids can be heard screaming in the background as she talks to her followers from her kitchen counter. 

She told her fans: “Star’s got hand, foot and mouth, and you can’t do anything about that, can you? 

“I’ve looked and looked, but is there any remedies because she is scratching it so much she is bleeding.”

Explaining she was due a phone call with the doctor to try and get help, she added: “I know they genuinely can’t do anything, and now I’m looking at Summer thinking ‘you’re going to get it.’” 

“I just feel like the illnesses are constant,” said the exhausted mum. “A few weeks ago Santiago had impetigo, then chicken pox, then Star got a little impetigo. 

“Star is usually the sickly one, if anyone is going to get ill out of the twins it is usually Star. I can’t leave the house!”

Hand, foot and mouth, according to the NHS, is common in young children and usually gets better on its own between seven to ten days. 

Symptoms include a sore throat, high temperature and mouth ulcers, as well as a rash on hands and feet. 

The illness leaves those suffering from it with a low appetite. 

It is not, as is sometimes assumed, related to foot and mouth disease which affects animals. 

Dani later took to Instagram again to thank followers for their kind messages, sharing that Star had managed to finally get some sleep, with the hope she would feel slightly better once she woke up. 

“In my personal opinion, I feel like hand, foot and mouth is worse than chicken pox,” she added. “Star has cried all morning, she’s had a sleep this afternoon, so I’m hoping she wakes up better, but she’s in so much pain, like her mouth…

“It’s just worse than chicken pox.” 

She added that her mum Jo, is also sick so wasn’t able to come and help her, before sarcastically laughing and adding: “I’m really enjoying myself. If I don’t laugh, I’ll cry.” 

Dani is engaged to footballer Jarrod Bowen, with the West Ham star getting down on one knee and proposing in July while on holiday in Spain. 

The couple have been together since 2021, and together they share twins Star and Summer.

Santiago was born during Dani’s relationship with former partner, Sammy Kimmence.

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DAVINA McCall has dropped a huge clue that ITV reality show My Mum Your Dad will be back for another series.

Viewers tuned in to see whether the kids would give their parents their blessings on Friday night.

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Following the final episode, Davina, 56, took to social media to tease fans about the future of the show.

The popular programme, which was commissioned for a second series earlier this year, could be back next year after Davina urged her followers to tag some who deserved a spot at plush retreat.

The presenter told fans: “I wanted to ask you a question…if we got another series, who do you think would need/deserve/enjoy a spot in the retreat.”

Davina added: “You can tag them below.”

Each series sees the My Mum, Your Dad single parents move into a luxury retreat, located in Midhurst, West Sussex.

The swanky mansion is said to be worth over £8 million.

The huge country house is set in 45 acres, meaning there is plenty of space for the singletons to roam around in.

There are also a whopping 11 bedrooms and nine bathrooms.

Last night, viewers watched as Vicky and David met each other’s daughters – but some fans aren’t holding out much hope for the couple.

Despite her concerns, Vicky’s daughter Angharad, 28, gave her approval for her mum to pursue a relationship with David.

David’s daughter Tiana, 21, also gave the nod for their partnership.

But although the couple still appeared to be giving it a go two months after they left the retreat, fans do not believe they will last the distance.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan said: “In the words my old man used to say ‘I’ll give them a week’ regarding Vicky and David.”

Another added: “David making it up as he goes along, like being in an interview you try to wing.”

A third remarked: “I’m just not feeling the love from David.. lovely man but a tad emotionally stunted.. sorry guys!”

My Mum Your Dad returned for a second series earlier this month.

The ITV show, fronted by Davina, sees middle-aged, single parents attempt to find love as their grown-up kids watch on.

On Friday night, the series reached a climax with three remaining couples being whisked on final dates outside of the retreat.

They also included Jenny and Danny, and Steph and Paul.

Vicky, 50, and David, 53, were treated to a romantic hot air balloon ride, while Jenny and Danny watched a movie about themselves in a vintage cinema.

Steph and Paul, meanwhile, were served a slap up lunch in the countryside.

During their meal, Steph and Paul decided they were better off as friends and bowed out of the experiment.

Vicky and David, and Jenny and Danny continued through until the end of the show, where they received the nod of approval from their kids.

Despite being unhappy about several rocky moments, Vicky’s daughter Angharad decided to approve her mum’s new man.

And two months on, they were filmed together with David and Tiana in Vicky and Angharad’s native Wales – proving they were making a go of things.

Once the series finale had aired, host Davina took to X and posted a video of herself looking tearful.

She then encouraged fans to tag someone they think “deserves a place in the retreat”, in the hope a third series is commissioned.

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Fiona Harvey’s defamation lawsuit against Netflix has been allowed to go forward after a judge ruled that the streamer’s hit series Baby Reindeer did not match up to its billing as a “true story”.

The series, which follows a struggling comic Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) as he is relentlessly harassed and stalked by a woman named Martha Scott (played by Jessica Gunning) for more than four years, was embroiled in controversy when internet sleuths unearthed the “real Martha” as Scottish lawyer Harvey.

Harvey responded by filing a defamation lawsuit against Netflix in which she alleged that the story is inaccurate and falsely depicted her as a convicted criminal who spent time in prison for stalking.

In July, Netflix filed a motion to throw out the lawsuit, with the show’s creator and star Gadd revealing that Harvey had stalked him when he worked at a London pub, and had sent him thousands of disturbing emails and voicemail messages.

In a ruling on Friday, Judge Gary Klausner stated that the series opens with the line “This is a true story,” which invites the viewer to take what is presented to them as fact. However, Judge Klausner found that Martha’s behaviour in the show is depicted as much worse than what Harvey was accused of in real life.

In the series, Martha pleads guilty to stalking and harassment and is sent to jail. However, Gadd reported Harvey to the police and she received a warning but was not criminally prosecuted as the series suggests.

“There is a major difference between stalking and being convicted of stalking in a court of law,” the judge wrote. “Likewise, there are major differences between inappropriate touching and sexual assault, as well as between shoving and gouging another’s eyes. While plaintiff’s purported actions are reprehensible, defendants’ statements are of a worse degree and could produce a different effect in the mind of a viewer.”

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The court “disagreed” with Netflix’s argument that the similarities between the character Martha and Harvey are “so broad that a reasonable person would not have been able to identify her”.

Instead, the judge said: “Rather, Martha and Plaintiff have specific similarities that few others could claim to share. Specifically, Martha and Plaintiff are both Scottish lawyers living in London, twenty years older than Donny/Gadd, accused of stalking a lawyer in a newspaper article, who communicated with Donny/Gadd on social media.”

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Harvey was never named on the show, but her identity was quickly revealed by online sleuths who followed digital breadcrumbs from clues in the series, like searching the wording of specific tweets depicted in the series online – and finding Harvey’s account.

A federal judge has set a 6 May start date for Harvey’s action against Netflix, and proceedings are estimated to last about two weeks.

The series is billed as a “true story,” which Harvey argues in her $170m (£132m) lawsuit is “the biggest lie in television history”.

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According to documents seen by The Independent, Harvey has accused Netflix of defamation, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violations of her right to privacy among other allegations.

While Gadd isn’t named as a defendant in the lawsuit, he filed a response in federal court defending a motion to dismiss Harvey’s claim in a declaration dated 28 July.

“I never intended the series to identify any real person as Martha Scott, including Harvey,” he wrote in the 21-page document. “Martha Scott is not Fiona Harvey. Like all characters in the series, Martha is a fictional character with fictional personality traits that are very different than Harvey’s.”

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A Netflix spokesperson said at the time of the lawsuit’s filing: “We intend to defend this matter vigorously and to stand by Richard Gadd’s right to tell his story.”

Despite the controversy surrounding the series, Gadd’s show won four Emmy awards and 11 nominations at the 2024 ceremony earlier this month.

The Scottish comedian used his acceptance speech to encourage “struggling” abuse survivors to “keep going,” promising them that “things will be OK”.