Stacey Solomon demands immediate action to tackle disturbing Momo Challenge

27 February 2019, 11:16 | Updated: 27 February 2019, 13:10

The Loose Women star took to Twitter slam sickos spreading the Momo Challenge amongst young kids across the UK.

Stacey Solomon has demanded immediate action be taken to stop the sick Momo Challenge that is sweeping the internet.

The Loose Women star, currently pregnant with her third child, took to Twitter to slam the sick social media trend that is leaving children terrified - and putting their lives at risk.

The 29-year-old raged: "Okay what the *** is Momo and why have I had to see this horrific thing about 22 times in a week.

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"I’m being warned it’s on @YouTube KIDS and @FortniteGame is it? And if it is SORT IT OUT.."

Stacey is also mum to Zachary, 10, and Leighton, 7.

She accompanied the tweet with Facebook comments from parents sharing examples of their children coming in to contact with the 'game', with one claiming that their own youngster heard something sinister in their headset whilst playing Fortnite.

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For those who haven't heard about the Momo Challenge, it's a terrifying game which is a form of cyber bullying that uses a scary image of a character called Momo to entice kids to carry out dangerous tasks.

The game has started spreading rapidly over the past few weeks, leaving parents at a loss about how to combat the disturbing trend and keep their families safe.

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A rare moment where I’m awake 😂😂 just wanted to say we are so so grateful for all of the lovely messages we’ve received since sharing our news and each and every one means so much to us it really does. We are still trying to get through them all and reply back but we aren’t doing it very quickly 😂😂 so thought we’d post a massive THANK YOU from all of us we are so over the moon and excited and blown away by kindness 💜💜

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One Twitter user called Samantha Easley said: "My 8 4 and 2 year old share and iPad and they watch YouTube kids. I showed my 8 and 4 year old a picture yesterday morning and my 8year old was in hysterics and said we can’t talk about it. And my 4 year old said she scares him in the middle of Peter rabbit. YouTube is deleted!!"

Others also expressed a similar sentiment about banning smart devices and websites such as YouTube.