'I'M A TIGER'

Posted Sunday, May 16, 2010 by NOTW.co.uk

In television terms, she is now becoming a force to be reckoned with. And you might expect the builder's daughter from Lewisham, south London, to shrug and say she doesn't quite know how it happened.

But she doesn't. "I think people underestimate how ambitious I am. I'm quite fiery, quite a tiger and I am also a woman who needs to work.

"I've always been a grafter. My dad had to work really hard when I was a kid and that rubbed off on me. I love being a mother and being married to Jamie, but my self-confidence comes from working."

She feels that all the pieces of the jigsaw are finally in place.

"I just feel so lucky to have what we have. People ask me if I want another baby I feel I shouldn't push my luck. I have days when I think: 'If only I had a little girl.' But I'm so happy with work and I think back to being pregnant with Beau, how sick I felt for nine months solid and tell myself I can't go through that all over again."

We return to the notion of perfection. But one that isn't quantified by nice holidays or celebrity status - material things that can't compare to family and relationships.

"I think it's less about things being perfect than being perfectly happy with what you have." Wise words indeed.

« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 67Next »