Sophie Ellis-Bextor will at all times “select” her husband over her youngsters.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor covers Good Housekeeping UK/ Picture by Chris Craymer
The Homicide on the Dancefloor hitmaker has been married to Richard Jones – with whom she has sons Sonny, 21, Package, 16, Ray, 13, Jesse, 9, and six-year-old Mickey – since 2005 and he or she credit some recommendation she was given from her mom, Janet Ellis, for his or her lengthy relationship as the previous Blue Peter presenter instructed them to at all times put one another earlier than anybody else.
She instructed the brand new situation of Good Housekeeping UK journal: “After we acquired married, we’d already had our first child.
“My mum mentioned: ‘Be sure to at all times select one another over anything, even the youngsters.’
“She was proper. Regardless that the youngsters may roll their eyes in the event that they see us hugging or no matter, they’re comfortable that we’re comfortable. And we’ve got enjoyable as a household, too. Final 12 months, they got here with us for lots of the tour.”
Janet lives across the nook from Sophie’s household and the pair are “very shut”.
The 46-year-old singer mentioned: “We’re very shut. [She’s] at all times been so good at encouraging me and giving me the toolkit I must get out and do what I do. Elevating a household alongside that may be a fixed factor.”
And Sophie’s eldest son, Sonny, is presently dwelling along with his grandmother.
She mentioned: “He moved in when he was doing a basis course at uni a 12 months and a half in the past.
“She lives 10 minutes away and was on her personal, so that they’ve acquired one another. It’s given him his personal house, but in addition saved him shut – he comes over on a regular basis.”
Sophie has at all times had open dialogue together with her sons in regards to the risks of the web world and poisonous masculinity, however she would not need to “demonise” something in case they’re left feeling alienated.
She mentioned: “I’ve at all times had loads of religion in my boys. We’ve overtly chatted about poisonous masculinity for a very long time. My eldest may be very articulate about these items, so none of it was new to my home.
” Typically individuals have an concept of what boys are like, as in the event that they’re a distinct species. As I far as I’m involved, I’m elevating 5 individuals who occur to be boys.
“I keep watch over [mobile phone screen time], as a result of that’s parenting, however in case you begin demonising issues, you shut down communication. You then’re like these dad and mom within the Fifties who made youngsters burn their rock ’n’ roll albums.”
The total interview will be learn now within the August situation of Good Housekeeping UK and go to www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/sophie-ellis-bextor-marriage-advice for extra.
