Maisie Smith and Max George appeared to have made light of the backlash over their recent fake ' pregnancy announcement'.
Former EastEnders star Maisie, 21, raised eyebrows after she took to her Instagram stories to post a photo of herself and The Wanted singer Max, 34, posing with a 'bump'.
After the post, the pair received angry backlash on social media. But, the pair have appeared to have ignored the criticism and decided to make light of the situation.
The couple, who are currently on a romantic holiday Abu Dhabi, continued to post snapshots from their trip but didn't acknowledge the criticism.
Maisie shared a video of a beach at night, which is lit up by fairy lights and candles and has tables set for dinner.
"Best night with you," Maisie gushed followed by a red heart emoji before tagging her beau.
Meanwhile, Max appeared to poke fun at the negative reaction as he posted a selfie of the pair enjoying a milkshake each.
Writing below the selfie, Max said: "Never. Eating. Again.", before tagging Maisie in the picture.
It comes after the pair's pregnancy prank sparked anger online.
In the Instagram story snaps, Maisie and Max can be seen posing in front of a mirror as Max holds his hand over his mouth while looking down at her tummy.
The actress then covered her stomach with a red heart emoji.
Writing below the photo, Maisie teased: "We've got some really exciting news."
The next story saw Maisie remove the heart from her stomach and wrote: "I just had the best 5 course meal of my life."
She then joked she had a "food baby".
The prank sparked an angry reaction from fans as one wrote on Twitter : "As someone on the waiting list for IVF not knowing if I'll ever be a mother, I am disgusted by @maisie_smith_ and @MaxGeorge idea of a 'joke'. Unbelievable insensitive and delusional."
"Pretending they had a fake announcement that she was pregnant that was actually her stomach bloated from food. No tact at all. So pathetic," a second wrote.
And a third added: "@MaxGeorge @maisie_smith_ Don’t think this is something either of you should be joking about tbh. Disgusting."
"Them posting this broke me am currently going through the loss of my baby and for them to joke about been pregnant when all I wish was I was still pregnant," a third added.
The pair have been dating for nearly a year. The pair were first linked after they were spotted kissing and cuddling on a flight in August.
Max confirmed his romance with Maisie when he posted a promotional snap of Maisie on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Writing below the photo, he gushed: "You're my winner already [red heart emoji]" before tagging Maisie.
And Maisie added Max's name to her Instagram bio.
Maisie recently revealed she now thinks Max is "The One".
She explained to The Sun: "We have so many plans and I see so much of my future with him – stuff I didn’t even know I was capable of seeing. It still feels like the honeymoon stage. I don’t know at what point that ends, but we’re still there.
"It doesn’t matter where we are – as long as we’re together, everything is perfect."
