WHEN Gemma Hall, 28, showed off her holiday snaps to mum Jayne, she got a dose of tough love she wasn’t expecting. But Gemma is glad her mum didn’t mince her words, while Jayne insists other parents should take a leaf out of her straight-talking book..

. 4 Gemma Hall, was stunned at her mum Jayne's reaction to her holiday snaps Credit: Rebecca Lupton 2024. 4 Jayne told Gemma she looked like 'a beached whale' in her green bikini SITTING in the living room, I proudly swiped through my holiday ­photos on my phone, showing them off to my mum, Jayne.

Glowing with a golden tan after a week in Spain with two friends, I was itching to recount all the fun I’d had while taking a break from my job as an employment consultant. “What do you think of my new green bikini?” I asked. I thought I looked pretty good in it.

But the look on her face worried me — she seemed awkward. “The bikini is a nice colour,” she said. “But Gemma .

. . you look like a beached whale in it!” It wasn’t the reaction I’d hop­ed for from my 59-year-old mum.

“Oh, cheers Mum,” I gasped, shocked. Most read in Fabulous LOCKED UP Teen who stabbed boy, 17, to death at end-of-term bash is unmasked as he's jailed A NEW DON Aberdeen seal stunning swoop on Prem rivals for third signing of Jimmy Thelin era RACE AGAINST TIME 'False sighting' wastes hours in Jay hunt as mum fears 'he's been taken' CAPITAL HORROR Four men rushed to hospital amid 'major incident' at Edinburgh building site I knew she w.