She’s certainly prompted a furious debate on Twitter.
Yup, yesterday Kirstie Allsopp interacted with a tweet from Buzzfeed UK editor Jim Waterson that stated:
“Americans in our office are always confused by the British habit of putting washing machines in kitchens and view this as disgusting.”
I don’t understand it either, in America we found them in a cupboard in the bathroom! Genius! Ours is under the stairs! ? pic.twitter.com/YPfgCCWS3D
— M D L (@MarkDaviesJnr) July 10, 2017
Her response? “It is disgusting, my life’s work is in part dedicated to getting washing machines out of the kitchen.”
Ms Allsopp, the presenter of Location, Location, Location, went on to offer that a washing machine can go in a “bathroom, hall cupboard, airing cupboard” – basically anywhere but the kitchen.
However, there were plenty of people who felt Kirstie was being elitist. “Most of us don’t have the luxury of an alternative,” explained one.
Someone do me a favour & Google “tiny laundry closets” & see all the places other less bigoted, chippy, set in their ways nations put theirs
— Kirstie Mary Allsopp (@KirstieMAllsopp) July 12, 2017
“Just shows how out of touch this so called property expert is with what people can actually afford. Snob,” another Twitter user stated.
Others shared pictures of their own washing machine location.
Look what twitter has driven @KirstieMAllsopp to . Death by spinning ? x pic.twitter.com/RkPkVNLEW9
— Sharon Withers (@lilybell61) July 10, 2017
Subsequent tweets from Ms Allsopp suggested that she was only ever being light-hearted, however, at midday on Wednesday, the 45-year-old decided to bow out – putting an end to the online debate with a simple “enough is enough”.
I’m over and out, it’s been a blast but enough is enough.
— Kirstie Mary Allsopp (@KirstieMAllsopp) July 12, 2017
Kirstie lives in upmarket Notting Hill in London with her long-term partner, Ben Andersen, and their two sons aged seven and nine. She was born into British aristocracy and grew up on the sprawling Lydden House in Dorset.
She is entitled to use ‘The Honourable’ as part of her name.
