Melbourne Hub: Real Housewives of Melbourne star Andrea Moss' parenting book was 'trashed ...

Published: 01:04 EST, 2 May 2014 | Updated: 07:29 EST, 2 May 2014

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Real Housewives of Melbourne reality star Andrea Moss said she is not going to release her book on parenting after claiming the show 'completely trashed it'.

She told Chrissie and Jane on Melbourne's Mix101.1 she was unhappy with the producers of the show who edited a number of scenes to make her appear as if she has five full-time nannies looking after her children.

'The exact quote that I gave was...that at any one time I can call one of five nannies to help,' she said on air this morning.

Not finishing her book: Real Housewives of Melbourne star Andrea Moss said she would not be finishing her book on parenting after it was 'completely trashed' by the show who made it look like she had five full-time nannies

'It doesn't mean I have five full-time nannies. I actually have two nannies per week and they do a maximum of eight hours each.'

The book, A Working Mother’s Revenge, was a light-hearted way of getting back at those who attack women who work full-time.

But Andrea, who runs the Liberty Belle skin clinic, revealed she will not be finishing it after the way she was portrayed during the reality television show.

'The way the show was edited makes it look like suddenly I have five full time nannies and it's just become this big joke and it really pisses me off,' she said after the hosts asked her why she was writing a book on parenting when she has a 'house full of nannies'.

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'In relation to my book, it's been completely trashed by the show so I'm going to not finish it and I've spent so much time on it.

'The focus group I did from the working mums that went for three hours and they edited it down to two minutes, the next thing you know my book trashed, forget it.

'I will always stand up for what I believe in, end of story. The way things were edited it looked like it was a big hoo haa about make-up on towels when that was the way that they did it.'

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Andrea has previously said she wants women not to feel guilty about outsourcing the 'daily grind' and hiring nannies.

'I take my job seriously; if I don’t turn up to work my staff won’t have a job,' she told the Herald Sun.

The housewife-turned-TV star, who has children aged 10, eight and five with her plastic surgeon husband Chris, advocates setting strict rules for nannies which are all detailed in extensive checklists.

'I am very controlling and you have to be. You have to treat them like an employee. I do want my children to love them — just no kissing on the lips,' she said.

The book was due to be published later this year, with a substantial amount of the proceeds going to charity.