Ex EastEnders star Aaron Sidwell fears he won’t see children after Michael Gove blunder as UK is sent into lockdown
FORMER EastEnders actor Aaron Sidwell was left fearing he wouldn’t get to see his children amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Last night Boris Johnson announced that people should stay at home as much as possible – however it wasn’t made entirely clear if children of separated parents could move from house to house.
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Concerned about the situation, Aaron – who is dad to two girls – tweeted: “Remember when you’re moaning about having to home school your kids, I just lost the ability to see mine!”
The star’s fears were further exasperated earlier today when Michael Gove wrongly suggested that kids of divorced parents cannot see both of them during the lockdown.
The Cabinet minister was forced to clarify the correct Government advice after the embarrassing gaffe on Good Morning Britain.
He told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid: "You should not be moving children from home to home."
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It said: "Where parents do not live in the same household, children under 18 can be moved between their parents’ homes."
The news came after the PM imposed a drastic lockdown across the UK today - forbidding Brits from going out of their homes except for four reasons.
People should only be leaving to pick up essentials, go to work if they can't work at home, attend a medical appointment, or care for a vulnerable person.