Lily Collins ' husband Charlie McDowell is speaking out about the negative comments regarding surrogacy following the arrival of the couple's first child together. After the couple announced the birth of their daughter via surrogate in an Instagram post last week, they were met with mixed reactions from users on the platform.

There’s been an unhealthy amount of speculation about why Collins chose to use a surrogate. ‘Rich people using women as incubators’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale: celebrity version’ read two of the many comments underneath her post.

Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell are embracing parenthood by sharing new photos of themselves with their baby daughter, Tove Jane McDowell.

Lily Collins ’ husband Charlie McDowell has responded to the “hateful” responses the couple received after announcing that they had welcomed their first child via a surrogate. The Emily in Paris star, 35, and the director, 41, announced the birth of their baby girl Tove in an Instagram post shared yesterday (1 February).

Following 'hateful' messages about their path to parenthood, Charlie McDowell defended his and his wife Lily Collins' decision to have a baby via a surrogate in brutal swipe

McDowell and Collins are "overjoyed" about daughter Tove's birth. But he called out people making assumptions about "the motivations of a surrogate."

After Lily Collins and her husband Charlie McDowell shared that they welcomed a baby girl, Tove Jane McDowell, via surrogate, some of the internet quickly turned against them