The Mum Who Got Tourette’s aired on Channel 4 last night and it has left viewers divided.
The documentary followed mum-of-three Elizabeth and her clan, who call themselves a very normal family.
Except for the fact that three years ago, shortly after turning 40, Elizabeth developed Tourette’s “out of the blue”.
One in 100 people in the UK live with the condition, which causes tics that can sometimes be offensive.
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The Mum Who Got Tourette’s and her ‘normal’ family
The documentary followed the family over the course of a summer and showed how Elizabeth and her kids Eloise, Robert and Florence, and husband Simeon cope with her condition.
Elizabeth insists they are just a normal family, except that she has Tourette’s, but she does concede it can make life difficult.
Simeon told how he laughs at her tics because he finds that’s the best way to deal with it.
The couple’s son, Robert, also has Tourette’s and it was arguably his struggle that affected viewers the most deeply.
During the course of the documentary, he found out his GCSE results and people watching were overwhelmed by his success.
An inspiration
Writing on Twitter about how much they loved this family, there were even calls for them to have a complete series of their own.
If you haven’t watched #TheMumWhoGotTourettes on channel 4, I reccomend watching it on catch up. Elizabeth and her family are awesome. It made me smile and laugh with them, and was a fantastic insight to living with #Tourettes 👏
— Amanda Underhill (@AmandaU_HR) April 10, 2020
#themumwhogottourettes last night on @channel4 was genuinely THE BEST thing I have watched in this lockdown.
Humourous, light hearted but really informative.
What an amazing family💕
— Green Eyed Leo👑🦁 (@greeneyedle0) April 10, 2020
@Channel4 you’re killing me with tears… #themumwhogottourettes what a touching insight to #tourettes well done Robert for owning your tourettes & passing your exams. Acceptance is key, it’s just Tourette’s #inspirational #cueupliftingfuckingmusic
— Cheryl (@schezwan85) April 10, 2020
Wow currently watching @Channel4 documentary… #themumwhogottourettes I’m absolutely engrossed. Amazing woman & wonderful supportive family. How they’ve adapted to advsity which in fact, is now their norm is absolutely inspirational. Heartwarming. Please don’t change ❤️ x
— Cheryl (@schezwan85) April 10, 2020
#themumwhogottourettes Absolutely amazing!!! Thank you to you & your family for being so honest xx
— ⭐Maddy Turner⭐ (@maddyturner) April 9, 2020
Not convinced
However they were some viewers who were sceptical about Elizabeth’s condition.
They strangely accused her of faking her symptoms.
No way has this woman got Tourettes, bad acting #themumwhogottourettes
— Maryelizabeth (@Maryeli08437971) April 10, 2020
She is just an attention seeking personality disorder. Putting it on #themumwhogottourettes
— mat9330 (@mat9330) April 10, 2020
Don’t like this woman & don’t buy that she’s got #Tourettes as badly as she makes out. She’s just using it as an excuse to be obnoxious & draw attention away from her son (who I believe does have it) & onto herself #themumwhogottourettes https://t.co/bLafwu81gV
— JeanieThePixieNurse (@JeanieThePixie) April 10, 2020
With most viewers won over, though, Elizabeth concluded the documentary by saying: “If I could tell anybody facing a diagnosis of Tourette’s it would absolutely be: accept it, learn to live with it, make friends with it because it’s not going anywhere.
“At the end of the day it’s just Tourette’s and it’s not going to kill you.”
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