Peter Andre leaves fans divided over sweet family trip as he shares rare group snaps

Peter Andre took to social media to share an array of sweet snaps from his recent family holiday. The Mysterious Girl singer, 52, was joined by wife Emily and his five kids; Junior and Princess from his marriage to , and Amelia, Theo and Arabella with Emily.

The star shared images of him with his youngest in the pool, and also a group image by the water, with the faces of his three children with Emily blocked by love heart emojis. He also uploaded shots of all his brood taking in the aquarium views.

He captioned the uploads: "We had the best time at @yasisland exploring all the parks. So special to have the whole family together, there truly is something for everyone. We’ll definitely be back!"

However, the location choice divided the opinion of his fans. One user responded to his post: "Looks like an amazing trip but can we all agree SeaWorld is hell for animals and not go there? Thank you please. Especially our favourite celebrities with huge followings."

Another pleaded with Peter: ""Please don’t support SeaWorld," while a third sobbed: "I'm so sad to see you visiting SeaWorld. The cruelty around these 'entertainment' parks are obvious and you could use your platform to help end the suffering endured by highly intelligent mammals. Very disappointing."

However, others ignored the criticism, with one simply saying: "Beautiful family," with a string of clapping hands and love heart emojis. Another added: "I’m obsessed with your entire family’s outfit coordination here."

It's not the only backlash Peter has faced recently. His new film Jafaican has faced huge criticism since the release of its trailer. The film follows Peter's character, Gary Buckle, who decides to impersonate a Jamaican gangster in order to steal his money to pay for his own grandmother's care home fees.

Peter stars alongside the likes of Wil Johnson, and Oliver Samuels in the film. However, his portrayal was widely slammed on social media.

He recently spoke out in defence of the project, though. As he promoted the film on Channel 7 in , he explained his character's journey. He said: "He [his character] tries everything and basically comes up with this scheme because apparently Gary looks like this guy in Jamaica who happens to be ready to inherit $3 million.

"So he comes up with this planning thinking 'well if I look like him, surely I could just go to Jamaica for a little bit and keep my mouth shut maybe and I'll get the money and help my nan'. And of course, that's not gonna go smoothly at all."

He was asked in the interview: "The trailer did see some headlines about an English-born Australian-raised actor playing a Jamaican character, you know about that. Are you surprised there's been some mixed feedback here or were you anticipating that?"

Peter responded: "Well, to be fair, I mean, I think it's good to get all sorts of feedback. I mean, this is not ... it's my first lead role but I've done quite a few roles before. And all of them, I've played different characters.

"So for me, it's acting - I get to do something light-hearted, something funny. Something that y'know is the kind of film I'd wanna watch. So it's almost like a little bit self-indulgent in the sense that I get to do something that I've really, really wanted to do."

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