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Stacey Solomon reveals fog has lifted after uncontrollable sobs as she gets honest about motherhood

Stacey Solomon was praised for her honest portrayal of motherhood (Picture: Instagram)
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Stacey Solomon was praised for her honest portrayal of motherhood (Picture: Instagram)

Stacey Solomon has shared an honest portrayal of motherhood, after welcoming her first son with Joe Swash earlier than planned last week.

The 29-year-old was praised by fans after she explained the first few days with their newborn havent been rosy and glossy.

Taking to Instagram, the Loose Women star – who has yet to reveal her babys name – shared a snap of herself grinning as she held her little one.

Today is a smiley day, she began to her 1.7million followers.. Its been an interesting week. But it feels like the fog is lifting and Im coming out of the fuzz. Im so grateful to have our baby boy with us and be surrounded by my incredible family – my biggest privilege.

But it doesnt mean its been all rosey and glossy. Hormone surges + really struggling to breastfeed + no sleep what so ever + engorged boobs + cracked nipples + absolutely anything as minuscule as somebody kissing my babies head = total meltdown. Ive found myself spontaneously uncontrollably sobbing into my mums arms, at least twice every day.

Stacey – who also has two sons from a previous relationship – revealed this leaves her feeling guilty.

Then I feel guilty that Im not “enjoying every second” like everyone tells you too because it passes by so quickly (and it does, my eldest is 11 and I feel like I just blinked and that happened), she continued.

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But sometimes Im just not in control of my emotions, and I cant feel guilty about having sad points its counterproductive.

Im really feeling happy today which is amazing, but Im ready to accept any sobbing or sadness that sneaks up on me at any point. If it doesnt hallelujah, but if it does Im no less of a mother for feeling that way. And to anyone else feeling or who has felt that way, dont ever let those feelings make you feel that you werent good enough, you were and you are. Its ok not to be ok.

The X Factor star ended her message by thanking medical health professionals around her for all their help.

Also I want to say thank you to the amazing NHS services that we have received over the last 7 days… Queens Hospital Romford, all of the nurses, midwives and paediatricians, she added.

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash welcomed their first child together (Picture: Getty)

Our community midwives, and the breastfeeding specialist who literally MILKED me for hours trying to bring my milk down from under my chest and armpits, and the Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Services in our area who have been so attentive and always there if we need them.

Thinking of all of those who dont have a support system around them. If you need someone to talk to there are people out there… please dont hesitate to reach out.

And her post was instantly flooded with praise by fans, thanking her for being so honest about life with a newborn.

Absolutely love you … your so down to earth and you keep it real, one commented. Your an amazing mother wishing you and your family all the best with your beautiful new little prince xxxx (sic).

Stacey Solomon gives birth — Stacey welcomed a little one last week (Picture: Instagram)

Absolutely yes to this. Its so hard no matter how you do it, how many times you do it, who you are, another said. Love that youre speaking so honestly about this and double love that youre feeling better.

Oh my love! Showing it as it is and being honest is the biggest gift you can give to the people that love you, an Instagram user wrote.

While a follower added: Amazingly sensitive and written from the heart. You set a wonderful example to others. You are a lovely genuine gem, a rare commodity in this crazy world x.

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Big Brother will return next year on ITV2 and online

Big Brother, one of the original UK reality TV shows, will return to screens in 2023, years after being axed by both Channel 4 and later Channel 5.

The show, which launched careers of ITV presenter Alison Hammond and Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts, will be revived by ITV2 and new streaming platform ITVX.

A promotional video aired during the Love Island series finale on Monday evening.

Officials said the famous house will return with a “contemporary new look”.

The returning programme – which was originally on for 18 years – will see a cast of “carefully selected housemates from all walks of life” live together under strict surveillance for up to six weeks.

Similar to previous editions, the public will regularly vote contestants off in live evictions, as well as deciding on an overall cash prize winner.

“This refreshed, contemporary new series of Big Brother will contain all the familiar format points that kept viewers engaged and entertained the first time round, but with a brand new look and some additional twists that speak to today’s audience,” said Paul Mortimer, ITV2’s reality TV chief.

“We’re beyond excited to bring this iconic series to ITV2 and ITVX where it should especially engage with our younger viewers.”

The series, which takes its name from the all-seeing ruler in George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, first appeared on Channel 4 in 2000, and was won by Liverpudlian builder Craig Phillips.

It was influential, both as a public social experiment and also in creating a new form of celebrity, with normal people prepared to have their every waking (and sleeping) moment caught on camera and broadcast to the world.

Celebrity editions aired, featuring the likes of Katie Price, Gemma Collins and Mark Owen.

Despite its early success and influence, the National TV Award-winning programme soon found itself embroiled in controversy over reports of bullying, racism, fixing, and general toxic behaviour in the house, with complaints being made to both the police and Ofcom.

The show moved to Channel 5 in 2011 but was axed in 2018 amid a ratings slump. Channel 5 controller Ben Frow later said he had no regrets over the decision and that the media landscape had become “very crowded with reality shows”.

‘Jumping the shark’

Speaking on the BBC Sounds Podcast, Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV, this summer, Big Brother’s creative director Philip Edgar-Jones said audiences “very clearly hated it” when producers intervened in the programme too much.

“We call it ‘jumping the shark’ in television, when you the hand of the producer is too overt and you feel like the show has therefore lost that sense of authenticity – that’s when the audience gets more angry.

“Being authentic to the show, you create this world with its own internal logic, and you can’t break that internal logic, otherwise you break the magic and you lose the trust of the audience.”

At the time, Big Brother producers said they were open to “future possibilities”, apparently leaving the door open for a return one day.

Irish singing duo Jedward, the identical twin brothers who twice appeared on the celebrity version of the show, have made an early bid online to host the returning series.

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Kim Kardashian ‘wasn’t planning on’ a relationship with Pete Davidson

Kim Kardashian did not see loe coming with Pete Davidson.

In a conversation for Hoda Kotb’s “Making Space” podcast, Kardashian explained that she’d been single for about 10 months before she was ready to date again.

“I think that, you know, sometimes things happen when you just least expect it. It was the last thing that I was really planning on,” she said, “And so when it did happen, we were kind of, like, ‘Oh, my God, I wasn’t planning on this. And this isn’t even what I was thinking of,’ and it just makes it that much sweeter and so much more fun.”

In February 2021, Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West.

Kardashian and Davidson appeared in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch together last fall where they shared a kiss. They became Instagram official in March.

“I definitely took my time,” Kardashian said. “I took, you know, 10 months or something before I dated or talked to anyone. And I just wanted that time to really figure out and go through the motions: ‘Am I making the right decision? How do I feel about this?’ So once I went through all of the motions, I finally was, like, ‘OK, guys, I am so ready to meet someone.’ And I randomly did.”

Despite their very public relationship. Kardashian says she is keeping some aspects of her time with Davidson private.

“I do think that I am holding, you know, a little bit more close to my heart on certain aspects of my relationship with Pete, and it feels good just to know that, like, we have this connection and we have our little bubble of a relationship world that we live in that, like, not a lot of people know about,” she said.

For now, Kardashian said just being with Davidson puts a smile on her face.

“We were driving in the car yesterday and I just, like, looked at him and I was like, ‘Thank you.’ And he was like, ‘What?’ And I was like, ‘For running errands with me, like, this is so much fun just to, like, go to a doctor’s appointment or go to the dentist and just, like, run errands. I’m having so much fun.'”

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007 film must treat Bond girls properly, says Waller-Bridge

Fast cars, martinis and Bond girls are core parts of the formula for 007 films, but one of those ele..

Fast cars, martinis and Bond girls are core parts of the formula for 007 films, but one of those elements is set for a change in the latest adventure.

Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is working on the script for the 25th Bond film, is on a mission to make sure the movie will "treat women properly" – even if the spy does not.

Image: Cast members (l-r): Lea Seydoux, Ana de Armas, Naomie Harris and Lashana Lynch at the launch of the new Bond film

Ahead of the release of the as-yet-untitled film, Waller-Bridge told Deadline: "There's been a lot of talk about whether or not (the Bond franchise) is relevant now because of who he is and the way he treats women.

"I think that's b*******. I think he's absolutely relevant now. It has just got to grow.

"It has just got to evolve, and the important thing is that the film treats the women properly.

"He doesn't have to. He needs to be true to this character."

Sean Connery and Mie Hama in You Only Live Twice, 1967 — Image: The Bond films have been criticised for their sexism

Dr No turned Sean Connery into an international superstar — Image: Dr No featured the famous scene with Ursula Andress walking out of the sea in a white bikini

Waller-Bridge says she intends to ensure the female characters, including those played by Lashana Lynch, Lea Seydoux and Ana de Armas, feel "like real people ".