Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and media personality. In 2009, she finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor, and gained a number one single on the UK Singles Chart when her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone". Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here!. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011. Solomon then released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she presented the I'm a Celebrity spin-off series I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.
Stacey Solomon on juggling five kids - and why teen sons 'share parenting' of 3 young siblings
ok.co.ukShe’s the queen of crafts, a regular presenter on our television screens and juggles five children at home, so it’s a wonder that Stacey Solomon manages to find a work/family balance.
Yet when we sit down for a chat with the 34-year-old at her stunning Essex home, Pickle Cottage, in between school runs and meetings, Stacey appears very much at ease. “I have a very high-traffic household,” jokes the bubbly star as she offers a warm welcome.
Stacey and her husband of two years, Joe Swash, 42, have three children – Rex, five, Rose, two, and one-year-old Belle – and she is also mum to Zachary, 16, and Leighton, 12, from previous relationships. “My life is just so ad hoc, so I have to set myself goals at the time, depending on what’s happening.
And then I ask family and people to help. For example, if my dad’s looking after the kids, I’m like, ‘Dad, please load the dishwasher for me.’ Everyone has to chip in.” When it comes to everyone chipping in, Stacey says her eldest sons, Zach and Leighton, are constantly helping to pick up the slack around the house. “That’s one of the good things about having such an age gap.
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