Vicky Pattison receives widespread support after addressing online abuse for sharing her fertility plans. The former Geordie Shore star opened up about freezing her eggs in 2022, citing her biological clock while prioritizing her relationship with husband Ercan Ramadan.

Family Plans and New Documentary

Pattison and Ramadan, who met through mutual friends in 2019 and married in London and Italy in 2024, feature in the E4 documentary Vicky Pattison: Maybe, Baby?. The series explores the real pressures couples face when deciding to start a family.

Discussing Uncertainty on This Morning

On March 31, Pattison and Ramadan appeared on This Morning with hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary. They discussed their deliberations over parenthood and the criticism Pattison faced for egg freezing.

Pattison explained: “Three, four years ago when Ercan and I’s relationship was in its infancy, hadn’t been together that long, we were still getting to know each other and we wanted to give our relationship a chance to develop and see what was there before we rushed our timeline and had kids. That was our choice.”

She added: “But, I was also aware of this ticking biological body clock, the pressure that’s put on you by society to have it all figured out as a woman. We thought we’d do the responsible thing, and privileged thing, and freeze my eggs. We were really excited.”

Pattison highlighted stigma around alternative paths: “I do understand, like, I look forward to the day that egg freezing is more affordable and more accessible for everybody and stuff like that. But I think there is an awful lot of stigma and shame surrounding alternative fertility journeys, because I don’t think they’re discussed enough.”

She continued: “And they’re not discussed enough because when people do talk about it, when women do stick their heads above the parapet, they are met, like in my case, abuse. So I think it’s really important that we do continue to have these conversations, whether that be about adoption, about surrogacy, about egg freezing, IVF, remaining child-free, whatever it is, in the hopes that the more sunlight these conversations get, it’ll help people foster empathy and there’ll be less judgement.”

Wave of Public Support

A clip from the interview sparked supportive comments online. Fertility Action posted: “YES!! Thank you @vickypattison! So grateful that you’ve spoken about this!”

Becky Roberts added: “Well said @vickypattison. Wishing you the best of luck on your journey.”

Other users echoed the sentiment: “Well done for speaking out and encouraging people to be kinder and more understanding,” from Fertility Spotlight, and “Your voice on this topic is going to help at least one person today. So on behalf thank you @vickypattison,” from Ginny1280.