Laura Byrne on Friday revealed the surprising discovery she recently made about her daughter Marlie Mae’s LOL doll.
The Bachelor star, 38, told her Life Uncut podcast that she bought a new doll for her five-year-old son but was forced to take it away when she noticed an “inappropriate” detail.
She explained to co-host Brittany Hockley that the boy toy was wearing a “fluorescent yellow thong” underneath his clothes and looked “very tacky.”
“I’m absolutely… stunned. (Marlie) got a (doll) the other day… it’s got very adult-looking clothes on, I guess it’s like the old Barbie,” Laura said.
“But you take off her pants, like kids do when they change, and she’s wearing a yellow thong. This doll is wearing a yellow thong. Fluorescent yellow.
“I thought, ‘I really like that thong, but it’s so inappropriate for a five-year-old doll. It’s so hypersexualized for a child’s toy.'”
When pressed for more details by fellow dollmaker Brittany, 37, Laura said: “I don’t want to doll-shaming, but it’s crap. It’s a crap toy.”
It’s not Laura’s only negative run-in with a doll, as in 2021 she was forced to tearfully apologize when she called a doll with Down syndrome “scary.”
Laura Byrne, 38, revealed on Friday the surprising discovery she recently made about her daughter Marlie Mae’s LOL doll. Pictured here are her daughters Marlie and Lola
The reality TV star posted on Instagram after receiving an influx of messages from fans correcting the mistake she made during a shopping trip to K-Mart.
Earlier in the day, she shared a clip of herself and her daughter Marlie, who was one year old at the time, looking at a doll in the toy section of the department store.
The mother of two then filmed the $15 inclusive doll from K-mart on the shelf and said: “This baby right here is really petrifying, it’s doll AF (scary as f**k).”
The video included the doll’s name and description: “Baby Amelia with Down syndrome.”
The Bachelor star told her Life Uncut podcast that she bought a new doll for her five-year-old son, but was forced to take it away when she noticed an “inappropriate” detail.
Some time later, the former reality star returned to her Instagram story and accepted responsibility for her words while issuing a remorseful apology.
“I’m probably drawing attention to something that… fuck, I can’t even begin to describe how sorry I am,” he began.
The podcaster explained that she had received “a ton of messages” from her followers in response to the stories she had shared.
‘I posted a story, Marlie and I were running through K-Mart and I thought, “This doll looks so scary,” that’s exactly what I said.’
She explained to co-host Brittany Hockley that the boy’s toy was wearing a ‘fluorescent yellow thong’ underneath his clothes and looked ‘very tacky’.
She told her followers that she actually thought the doll “looked tired.”
“A lot of you have messaged me to tell me that this was actually an inclusive doll and I feel bad for the mistake I made,” she said.
Laura began to cry as she added: “I had no idea and I’m really sorry that I offended anyone, it was totally unintentional.”
The former reality TV star shares Marlie Mae and three-year-old daughter Lola with husband Matty ‘J’ Johnson, whom she met on The Bachelor in 2017.
