Celebrities are often making headlines for sharing their bizarre beauty hacks or brazen sex confessions… but some stars have also raised eyebrows over their controversial takes on another hot topic: parenting.

That’s right, from not bathing their kids unless they see physical dirt on them to locking children in their rooms, a slew of famous faces have been slammed over the years for their shocking admissions about how they raise their offspring.

Most recently, Tori Spelling came under fire last week after she revealed that she let her seven-year-old son massage her for money.

She uploaded a snap that showed the youngster rubbing her legs as she laid naked on a bed, with her assets covered by a blanket.

The photo ignited fierce outrage online, with some fans branding the star as ‘weird’ and others calling the image ‘disturbing’ and ‘beyond inappropriate.’

But Tori is just the latest on a long list of stars who have faced scrutiny over their parenting decisions.

Alicia Silverstone once landed herself in hot water after she shared a video that showed her chewing up food and then spitting it into her kid’s mouth.

Hilary Duff received backlash years ago after it was revealed that she didn’t put her three-year-old in a car seat during a drive – which she heavily defended – and Kourtney Kardashian sparked a debate when she confessed that she shared a bed with one of her kids until they were almost a teen.

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Tori Spelling came under fire last week after she revealed that she let her seven-year-old son massage her for money

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Take a look at all the other controversial and bizarre parenting admissions that have come from your favorite celebrities. Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are seen

A-listers like Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Coco Austin, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, and Kelly Clarkson have all also received heat for their parenting confessions over the years.

As Tori makes waves over her son’s massage, take a look at all the other controversial and bizarre parenting admissions that have come from your favorite celebrities.

Tori Spelling revealed that she lets her seven-year-old son massage her ‘for allowance’

Tori, 51, revealed on her Instagram Stories last week that she let her son Beau, seven, massage her ‘for an allowance.’

She shared a snap that showed her laying naked on a bed with her lower half covered with a pink blanket while her youngest son rubbed her legs.

The actress captioned the snap: ‘Beau said he wanted to do chores in exchange for an allowance… Solid plan.’

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Tori shared a snap to her Instagram Stories that showed her laying naked on a bed with her lower half covered with a pink blanket while her youngest son Beau rubbed her legs

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The photo ignited outrage online, with some fans branding the star as ‘weird’ and others calling the image ‘disturbing’ and ‘inappropriate.’ She’s seen with her ex and their kids in 2019

The photo ignited outrage online, with some fans branding the star as ‘weird’ and others calling the image ‘disturbing’ and ‘beyond inappropriate.’

‘That’s weird. Just weird and wrong,’ one fan wrote, while a second typed, ‘Disturbing.’

A third added: ‘I am once again begging rich people to just be normal.’

‘That’s beyond inappropriate,’ said someone else, while another user commented, ‘GIRL. PAY FOR AN ACTUAL MASSAGE.’

Tori shares Beau, as well as Liam, 18, Stella, 16, Hattie, 13, and Finn, 12 with ex-husband Dean McDermott, 58.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher confessed that they only bathe their kids when they see dirt on them

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Mila, 41, and Ashton, 47, raised eyebrows back in July 2021 when they revealed that they only bathe their children when they see dirt on them

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Ashton said on the Armchair Expert podcast: ‘Now, here’s the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point’

Mila, 41, and Ashton, 47, raised eyebrows back in July 2021 when they revealed that they only bathe their children when they see dirt on them.

And even when the youngsters take a dip in the tub, they admitted that they hardly ever use soap because they don’t want to dry their delicate skin out.

The couple discussed their family’s approach to hygiene on Dax Shepard’s podcast Armchair Expert.

Mila, who was born in Soviet Ukraine, explained: ‘I didn’t have hot water growing up as a child, so I didn’t shower much anyway.

‘But when I had children, I also didn’t wash them every day. I wasn’t that parent that bathed my newborns – ever.’

Ashton added: ‘Now, here’s the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point.’

The couple share daughter Wyatt, 10, and son Dimitri, eight.

Chrissy Teigen posted a snap of herself bathing with her and John Legend’s six-year-old son

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Chrissy Teigen was criticized when she shared a snap of herself bathing with her and John Legends’s six-year-old son Miles, two-year-old daughter Esti, and 20-month-old son Wren

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Some online users felt that Miles was ‘a little too old to be having a bath with his mom,’ and instantly, her post was flooded with negative comments. The family is seen last year

Chrissy, 39, was criticized earlier this month when she shared a snap of herself taking a bath with her and John’s six-year-old son Miles, two-year-old daughter Esti, and 20-month-old son Wren.

But some online users felt that Miles was ‘a little too old to be having a bath with his mom,’ and instantly, her post was flooded with negative comments.

‘I won’t comment on how abnormal it is to bathe with her son who is in about the third grade,’ one user wrote.

‘Cringe, kids deserve privacy too,’ said someone else, while another asked, ‘Isn’t her son a little old to be taking a bath with his naked mom?’

The married couple of 11 years are also proud parents of eight-year-old daughter Luna.

Chrissy has long been a fan of bathing with her children, and has shared snaps of herself in the tub with them many times over the years.

Alicia Silverstone once posted a clip of herself chewing food then feeding it to her child out of her mouth

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Back in 2012, actress Alicia Silverstone was forced to defend herself after she revealed that she chewed food and then fed it to her then-11-month-old son Bear directly out of her mouth

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When asked about it afterwards, Alicia, now 48, said, ‘People have been feeding their kids that way for thousands for years. It’s a weaning process’

Back in 2012, Clueless actress Alicia was forced to defend herself after she revealed that she chewed food and then fed it to her then-11-month-old son Bear directly out of her mouth.

The star posted a clip of herself engaging in the act, and it led to a slew of criticism for her.

Medical practitioners even spoke out, pointing out that it could cause bacteria and viruses to be passed from mother to baby.

When asked about it afterwards, Alicia, now 48, said, ‘People have been feeding their kids that way for thousands for years. It’s a weaning process.

‘Honestly, when I posted the video I was not thinking… But I think it’s adorable and it makes me laugh every time he does it. He attacks my mouth and I think it’s adorable.’

She also clarified, ‘He knows how to use his hands and he also eats regular food.’

Alicia shares Bear, who is now 13, with now-ex-husband Christopher Jarecki.

Kourtney Kardashian shared a bed her son until he was seven and her daughter until she was 11

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Kourtney Kardashian (seen with her kids) has long been open about the fact that she co-slept with her kids for many years

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She has said she slept in the same bed as her first born son Mason, now 15, until he was seven years-old, and her daughter Penelope, now 12, until she was 11

Kourtney has long been open about the fact that she co-slept with her kids for many years.

She has said she slept in the same bed as her first born son Mason, now 15, until he was seven years-old.

Her daughter Penelope, now 12, also shared her sleeping quarters ‘pretty much every night’ until she was 11.

The reality star shares Mason and Penelope as well as son Reign, 10, with her former partner Scott Disick; she also has one-year-old son Rocky with her husband, Travis Barker.

The Poosh founder, 45, spoke about her decision to sleep with her kids on the Him & Her podcast last September, explaining that it felt ‘natural and instinctual.’

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The Poosh founder (seen with Mason), 45, spoke about her decision to sleep with her kids on the Him & Her podcast last September, explaining that it felt ‘natural and instinctual’

‘At a certain time I would put [Mason] to bed in his room and then he would come in my room,’ she explained.

Eventually, she added, ‘He stopped and he was like, “I’m done with you. I sleep in my own room.”

‘My daughter slept with me pretty much ’til she was 11… [now] we sleep with our baby.

‘As a mother, I like to do what feels natural and instinctual to me. And that’s for me what it is.

‘Of course, I also read all the benefits and hear all the benefits. And I mean, it’s something that mammals have been doing since time existed.’

Coco Austin was slammed for washing her child in the kitchen sink

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Coco Austin, 45, was fiercely slammed back in 2022 after she let her and Ice-T’s then-six-year-old daughter Chanel take a bath in their kitchen sink. The family is seen last year

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At the time, the TV star posted a clip of the youngster splashing in the sink to TikTok. But she was criticized by people who said that her daughter is too old to be bathed in the sink

Coco, 45, was fiercely slammed back in 2022 after she let her then-six-year-old daughter Chanel take a bath in their kitchen sink.

At the time, the TV star posted a clip of the youngster – who she shares with husband Ice-T – splashing in the sink to TikTok.

‘The sink is easiest when you have to be fast,’ she wrote.

But she was criticized by people who said that her daughter is too old to be bathed in the sink.

She responded to the backlash on X, formerly Twitter, by writing, ‘Wow, just wow! Here we go again! Giving my lil girl a bath in the sink went viral? SMH.

‘People, you gotta know by now that I’m an unconventional mother. I do what works and is easier on me. Some may want to take some pointers rather than rag on me.’

Hilary Duff let her three-year-old ride in a vehicle with a car seat

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Mom-of-four Hilary Duff faced immense scrutiny online in 2022 after a video showing her then-three-year-old riding in the backseat of a vehicle without a car seat went viral online

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It was shared by her costar Molly Bernard, and it showed the actress chatting with Hilary’s young daughter Banks as they sat next to one another in the back of a moving car

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Banks was clearly not in a car seat and her seat belt didn’t go across her chest; California law states children under the age of eight must be secured in a car seat or booster seat in the back seat

Mom-of-four Hilary faced immense scrutiny online in 2022 after a video showing her then-three-year-old riding in the backseat of a vehicle without a car seat went viral online.

It was shared by costar Molly Bernard, and it showed the actress chatting with Hilary’s young daughter Banks as they sat next to one another in the back of a moving car.

Banks was clearly not in a car seat and her seat belt didn’t go across her chest. California law states children under the age of eight must be secured in a car seat or booster seat in the back seat.

‘Why isn’t she strapped in safely?’ one fan wrote, while another fumed: ‘She’s adorable but shouldn’t she be in a booster seat?’

Hilary, now 37, later addressed the controversy to Romper, snapping back at haters who had ‘no context.’

‘There was this huge story that came out because my friend Molly was in the backseat of our car with Banks without her car seat,’ she recalled.

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Hilary, now 37, later addressed the controversy to Romper, stating, ‘It’s not like I’m driving on the 405 [freeway] with my kids in the backseat without a car seat. You have no context’

‘It’s not like I’m driving on the 405 [freeway] with my kids in the backseat without a car seat. You have no context. You don’t know where I am.

‘Do you know how many times I let my kids sit on my front seat once we get [close to our driveway] to pretend like they’re driving home?

‘You’re telling me you’ve never put your kid in the backseat to drive a block before with an adult back there? I’m like, “Happy new year to you, too.”‘

Hilary has four kids; she has son, Luca, 12, with ex Mike Comrie and daughters Banks, now six, Mae, three, and Townes, almost one, with Matthew Koma.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard said they locked their daughter in her room when she refused to sleep

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Back in 2018, Kristen Bell told Parents Magazine that she and husband Dax Shepard had locked their daughter in her room when she refused to sleep

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Similarly to Mila and Ashton, the couple were also slammed when they revealed that they too wait for their kids to be visibly dirty before bathing them

Back in 2018, Kristen told Parents Magazine that she and husband Dax had locked their daughter in her room when she refused to sleep.

‘I’m sorry, I know that’s controversial, but we stand outside and say, “We love you, we will talk to you in the morning, but now, it’s time for sleep,”‘ she said. ‘And after about 10 minutes, she’ll wind herself down.’

The admission completely divided the internet at the time, and it’s not the only instance that the pair raised eyebrows with their parenting views.

Similarly to Mila and Ashton, the couple were also slammed when they revealed that they too wait for their kids to be visibly dirty before bathing them.

‘We bathed our children every single night prior to bed as their routine, then somehow they just started going to sleep on their own without their routine and we had to start saying [to each other] like, “Hey, when was the last time bathed them?”‘ Dax once said on The View.

Kristen chimed in, ‘Yeah, we’d forget. I’m a big fan of waiting for the stink. Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up.’

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In addition, they have also faced scrutiny for revealing that their two daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, nine, slept on tri-fold mattresses in their room for years

In addition, the Frozen star, 44, and the actor, 50, have also faced scrutiny for revealing that their two daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, nine, slept on tri-fold mattresses in their room for years, and were once allowed to roam around a theme park in a foreign country for hours on their own.

Kristen spoke of the latter during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel last year, explaining that they had stayed at a hotel connected the Danish amusement park Tivoli Gardens during a recent family vacation to Copenhagen.

‘The hotel opens up into the theme park and so we just were kind of like, “Are we going to free-range parenting and roll the dice here?”‘ she said.

‘So they woke up at like 6am every morning and scanned their bracelets to go outside. We didn’t see them for seven hours. They were just running around Copenhagen.’

‘And that was okay?’ Jimmy asked with a laugh as she replied, ‘Apparently, they’re both alive, we all returned home.’

Kelly Clarkson has admitted to spanking her kids when they misbehave

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Kelly revealed back in 2018 that she wasn’t above giving her two children River, now 10, and Remy, now eight – whom she shares with ex Brandon Blackstock – a little spank when needed

Kelly revealed back in 2018 that she wasn’t above giving her two children River, now 10, and Remy, now eight – whom she shares with ex Brandon Blackstock – a little spank when needed.

She explained that while she knows it’s not necessarily a fashionable approach to discipline, she sees nothing wrong with it.

‘My parents spanked me and I did fine in life and I feel fine about it,’ said the singer, now 42.

‘I don’t mean like hitting her hard, I just mean a spanking. I warn [my daughter]. I’m like, “Hi, I’m gonna spank you on your bottom if you don’t stop right now. Like, this is ridiculous.”‘

The star added, ‘I’m from the South, y’all, so we get spankings. My mom would call the principal if I ever ended up in the principal’s office and give permission for her to spank me… I’m a well-rounded individual with a lot of character, so I think it’s fine.’