Isn’t it disgusting? Isn’t it funny? The woman who fell in love with her son.

But laugh I did not, when I read the tale of Kim West – the 51-year-old who entered a romantic relationship with her child 30 years after giving him up for adoption.

Her story was splashed over the newspapers earlier this year, after she revealed how a reunion between the pair sparked an intense romance. They want to get married and start a family.

No one had their confetti ready though.

Across the internet, West and her toy boy lover were treated as circus freaks, called “sick on every level”. Some even demanded that West be sectioned and they even went into hiding fearing a jail sentence.