Maha Dakhil, who was Co-Head of Motion Pictures at CAA, has stepped down from leadership and resigned from the agency’s internal board after her controversial comments on Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks.
07.10.2023 - 15:07 / ok.co.uk
She's been in the spotlight for a cool 13 years since bouncing onto screens as a TOWIE newbie in 2010. And Billie Shepherd has built up quite the thick skin over her time in the industry. It's no secret that the mother-of-three has often found herself as a victim to social media trolls, as she tells OK! that while it's 'easy to bite back', she has found a way to deal with the backlash.
"It’s horrible getting nasty comments on social media but I feel like I’ve been in the industry so long that I’ve got a second layer of skin to it. I try to delete or block any negativity on my page towards me or my family," explains Billie as we probe how she copes with social media. She continues: "I know it’s not easy for everyone to do that, but that’s the way I try to switch off from it.
Social media can be amazing but there also not so positive things that come from it. "It’s hard not to go down a dark rabbit hold and bite back - I often think who actually does things like that [posting nasty comments]? You have to be a certain type of person." Billie often shares insight into her life with her 2.7M Instagram followers, updating fans on her husband Greg and their three children; Nelly, Arthur and baby Margot. While they also film their lives for ITVBe reality show The Family Diaries.
But it comes with downsides, as many are quick to share their opinions on Billie's parenting, including a recent occasion which saw her receive backlash following a trip the the Maldives. The reality star was branded 'entitled' by social media users for complaining about her “nightmare” flight home from the Maldives with her family, which saw the mum-of-three having to hold her baby daughter Margot for several hours. During the flight to the UK, Billie
.Maha Dakhil, who was Co-Head of Motion Pictures at CAA, has stepped down from leadership and resigned from the agency’s internal board after her controversial comments on Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks.
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Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer A powerful agent to A-list celebrity clients like Tom Cruise and Madonna is under fire at her company, Creative Artists Agency, and in the larger Hollywood community over controversial Instagram posts regarding Israel. On Wednesday evening, CAA‘s star-whisperer Maha Dakhil reposted a statement from an account labeled Free Palestine, which weighed in on Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 terror attack executed by Islamic extremist group Hamas.
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Billie Shepherd is only just getting into the swing of being a mother-of-three, after giving birth to her daughter Margot in December 2022, but she could be planning on adding more to her brood.Talking exclusively with OK!, The Family Diaries star, 33, who is also mum to Nelly, nine, and Arthur, six, admitted that she would 'never say never' to a fourth child - but isn't sure her husband Greg would give us the same answer! "Never say never. I am really happy with three and if you asked Greg he’d be ‘no, no more, absolutely not’. But, yeah… maybe," considered Billie.