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The90 Day Fiancéstar spoke with PEOPLE on Tuesday at the Summer of Love with90 Day Fiancéevent in New York City — which she attended alongside husbandRuss Mayfield— and opened up about how she has handled mom-shaming remarks since welcoming sonAxelon Jan. 1.
“People think that because I became a mother, I had to stop being like the way I was. That Ihad to start dressing as a mom, and I don’t even know what that means,” said Paola. “I don’t need to change who I am, because I was proud of who I was before I was a mom.”
“How I raise my kids, the things I need to do,they have an opinion about howfor me to be a mom,” she added. “How I dress or the things that I do are not going to change who I am or the great mother I am because I love my son. But a lot of moms try to make me feel bad, that I’m not a great mom.”
Paola and Russ Mayfield.Amanda Edwards/Getty
“Sometimes it makes be double think my decisions and it makes me wonder if I did something right or wrong,” she told PEOPLE. “But the decisions I am making for my son are in my heart.”
According to Russ, the shaming has “inspired” his wife as opposed to dimmed her light. “She received the backlash and she was like, ‘No, this is who I am and I’m not going to change because you suddenly think I’msupposed to be this stay-at-home mom,’ ” he told PEOPLE. “I have responded to them to show my support. She doesn’t need to change who she is and we want to teach our son to be yourself.”
“That’s what Paola’s taught me throughout this journey together: to be yourself and be proud of it,” Russ praised his wife. “So I don’t feel like she’s doing anything wrong. We need to continue maintaining that mentality.”
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“My dog isn’t a pit bull she is a hound mix and she is the sweetest dog,” Paolaresponded to one fanwho asked her to “please never allow a pit bull around your child.”
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source: people.com
