Last week our Great British Chav Off article focused on two shameless families and included a vote on which one people would least like to live near.

Unsurprisingly, the Sonnex v Prudham piece has provoked a strong reaction – not least from the two families themselves.

This week we’re giving each of them the chance to reply to what we’ve said, plus we’re going to round up the responses from other people (some of them quite shocking) and of course bring you the poll result.

Today, Cheryl Prudham has her say.

Setting the scene

We’ve previously reported that Cheryl and Rob Prudham have 11 kids between them, ranging from a few months old up to 14, live in a council-funded house in Hampton Crescent, Gravesend, and claim around £40,000 a year in benefits.

The question of whether they might be the roughest family in Britain was raised after a foul-mouthed video emerged showing the Prudhams ambushing a national newspaper reporter who had been invited to their home. This came after The Sun ran a story announcing Mrs Prudham is already pregnant again with her 12th child.

In the video Mr Prudham threatens the journalist before he and Mrs Prudham’s eldest son George chase him down the street and throw eggs at his car, encouraged by a swearing Mrs Prudham.

See and hear the Prudhams in all their glory here, but beware the video contains very bad language throughout.

Cheryl Prudham’s response (word-for-word in full)

Doesn't everything get blown out of proportion newshopper? Are you seriously that hard up for a story that you need to resort to this s**t? Well I see this today and tbh u had me in fits of laughter!

Did you know though that what your writing isn't the truth? How about you tell everyone how my husband does 70 hr weeks most weeks and I'm also a part time community carer?

Also the words that you use to describe us surely there's a law against it I know about freedom of press but I also know your not aloud to write false info! Your very clever with your words you must have got a A* in English lol Also my family have been followed for a few years now, we don't never give you a story so u write what you think you know. Knocking on my door and saying to my own son I have kids for money is crossing the line, kids cost a lot of money and both me and my husband provide for them.

How about being followed for all that time even on our first family holiday that we saved hard for, why should our kids miss out? Knocking on my door every few weeks is harassment and you know what putting my family through that those reporters are lucky it was just eggs, flour and water they got! That washes off so all is good there, while my family get abuse of people that don't know us threats to burn us out, hope that we die and for what? A stupid story coz that's all it is!! And cleverly done to.

There's worse things going on that could be written about but no our family are targeted and labeled scum for nothing. I'm the nicest person you will ever meet but I tell you what if you upset my kids on anyway then I will lose it that's only natural. People all have limits and you reporters have pushed me to mine.

Oh and by the way if I'm pregnant I should be able to announce that to all my friends without it being plastered all over the news, omg it's not a crime to have a big family doesn't mean to say I'm boasting to the media!!

News Shopper reply

Mrs Prudham called News Shopper “a joke” on Facebook and said she didn’t believe we would publish her response. Well, here you go Cheryl.

While we’re very happy for Mrs Prudham to have her say, we want to make it clear the things she’s claimed have most definitely not been done by News Shopper, such as knocking on her door every few weeks and speaking to her son.

Twelfth mite?

The Sun splash came about after Mrs Prudham posted a picture of a baby scan on Facebook with the caption “Prudham baby #12”. She then replaced the post with the statement “the joke’s on you”.

However, after further comments it appears she is expecting once again, after all.

She told us: “Haha yeah there is another pregnancy but I got a headline for you, it's triplets.”

On her own Facebook page, which is publicly accessible and lists herself as a “full-time mummy”, she has put the baby scan back up and said: “This photo was the start of it all so I took it down because of nosy ppl, but then realised why should I take it down and have to hide the fact I'm expecting again xx”

She also repeats what we assume to be an hilarious ‘joke’ about triplets, but who knows? Maybe babies 12 through 14 are on their way.

Tomorrow: Criminal Louise Sonnex says what she thinks about our coverage.

Our Chav Off poll is still open by the way:

After reading what Mrs Prudham has said, do you have more or less sympathy for her and her family? Do you think we have been too harsh? Add your comments below.