Mary Portas on media reaction to brother's sperm donation

3,409 views · Published 3 March 2015 · 2:06 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: BBC Sounds · 2015 · Sports

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Mary Portas told 5 live about the media reaction following an interview in which she revealed the sperm donor for her child was her brother: 'We were paparazzied and doorstepped for days'.

The retail expert and Channel 4 presenter said she had not want the story to be "a big headline" but added that she does not regret a thing because "so much good has been done" after turning to her brother Lawrence as she wished to have a genetic link to her child.

This clip is originally from Afternoon Edition March 2 2015.

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