Alex Schulman says he’s fed
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Alex Schulman says he’s fed up after repeated reports to social services

At least five times in the past year, Alex Schulman has been reported to social services. You start to get a little pissed off. It’s too damn hard to have to be exposed to this shit, he says in the podcast "Alex & Sigge".

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These are private individuals who anonymously reported the author and questioned his suitability as a parent for things they had mainly read about him or seen on social media. All reports have been dismissed.

The latest report came after Schulman wrote a column about drinking alcohol for 30 days straight during the holidays. He was then called in and questioned by social services about his drinking for an hour.

Standing there with your hat in hand and trying to convince someone that you are a functioning parent is hard work, says Schulman.

At the same time, he is keen to emphasize that social services are only doing their job when they follow up on reports.

They also can't help but wonder if they might miss something important. In some ways, I still respect the accuracy: "We're not going to miss a child here."

But Alex Schulman sees the reports as part of a campaign against him. The author, who often expresses strong political opinions in columns in newspapers such as Dagens Nyheter, believes that it is about trying to silence people he doesn't like.

Then this is a democracy problem, he says in "Alex & Sigge".

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