The reality star's conversation about household chores sparked *quite* the reaction online...
The Only Way Is Essex viewers were divided by Wednesday night’s episode, and it’s all down to one moment.
Yazmin Oukhellou and James Lock have taken their relationship up a few notches. Having showed their commitment with matching tattoos, the couple have now moved in together.
See: Lockie’s Ex Danielle Armstrong Puts The Drama With Yaz Behind Her
During the latest episode of the ITVBe show, Yaz and James could be seen having a discussion about household chores. So glam.
It seemed as though Yaz was a little unimpressed by her boyfriend’s domestic skills.
Stepping up, Lockie offered to do a little more around the house. But controversy soon ensued on social media when Yaz ruled out certain chores, claiming that they were ‘girls’ jobs’. Err.
The 24-year-old then suggested that she would probably find him less attractive if she saw him doing them.
‘I don’t want you to be mopping up and stuff, ‘cos I think that is a girl’s thing,’ Yaz told him.
She then added: ‘I probably wouldn’t fancy you if I see you mopping about.’
James didn’t seem phased by her words – and why would he? He had just escaped a lifetime of mopping – but viewers soon took to Twitter to share their disbelief.
The gender roles on TOWIE blow my mind. A girl just said "(cleaning) it's a girls thing. I wouldn't fancy you if I saw you mopping about." pic.twitter.com/o1wSsow4yj
— Robyn Goldsmith (@robyn_goldsmith) September 21, 2017
Oh @YazminOukhellou WTF! it's 2017 what do you mean mopping is a woman's job? Get a grip!
#TOWIE #CatchingUp #IsSheForReal #Equality
— Kayla Cristy🦋 (@KaylaCristy) September 21, 2017
'Moping up is a girls job' said woman with a degree on #TOWIE
— Dawn Burnett (@DawnBurnett) September 20, 2017
Yas on Towie just said that's a 'girl thing' to mop the floor. Girl STFU this isn't the 1920s. #towie pic.twitter.com/PclS3Vu8Mf
— Hayley Colleen
(@hayley_colleen) September 20, 2017
(@hayley_colleen) "Mopping is a girls thing" …. erm …. not on my bloody watch it isn't. You make a mess you clean it, you live here, you chip in. #TOWIE
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(@J_2_OH) September 21, 2017
(@J_2_OH) WOW @OnlyWayIsEssex
is it actually 2017? #TOWIE pic.twitter.com/pDnwg89XHB
— Haidie Scott (@scott_haidie) September 21, 2017
is it actually 2017? Others have jumped to her defence.
One wrote: ‘If she feels it’s her place to do the majority of housework then what’s the issue? It’s an old fashioned view but hey it her views #TOWIE’.
Seeing the reaction online, Yaz herself took to Twitter to hit back: ‘I like doing housework & looking after my partner.What’s the problem?Does not mean I’m unintelligent I just like to do it all because I can…’
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