{"id":67935,"date":"2023-09-26T06:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=67935"},"modified":"2023-09-26T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:43:23","slug":"louise-redknapp-opens-up-about-family-life-with-her-sons-and-finding-happiness-in-her-new-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/celebrities\/louise-redknapp-opens-up-about-family-life-with-her-sons-and-finding-happiness-in-her-new-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Redknapp opens up about family life with her sons and finding happiness in her new relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret that Louise Redknapp endured her share of heartbreak following her divorce from ex-husband Jamie. But six years on, she\u2019s found happiness again with businessman Drew Michael.<\/p>\n

The singer, 48, who split from the former footballer in 2017 following 19 years of marriage, went public with her new man last week as they were spotted leaving the Groucho Club in Soho, London.<\/p>\n

Breaking her silence, Louise says with a smile, "It\u2019s so difficult with your personal life… it\u2019s all good." But keeping her cards close to her chest, she insists she has "nothing else" to say on it.<\/p>\n

It seems Louise has a type. With his tall physique and dark hair, Drew, 39, who works in aerospace and defence, bears a striking resemblance to Jamie \u2013 the father of Louise\u2019s sons Charley, 19, and Beau, 14.<\/p>\n

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Her new romance is her first public relationship since the breakdown of her marriage. Jamie, 50, remarried in October 2021 and welcomed son Raphael with his wife, the 38-year-old model Frida Andersson, a month later.<\/p>\n

Louise has previously admitted that she stayed single for the sake of her family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve felt this as a mum and, to say this in the most sort of respectful way, my boys\u2019 lives changed dramatically and then it changed again when obviously Jamie got married and had a family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir life changed and I felt like I needed to be their one staple. That\u2019s just something I think a lot of mums would feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, she also revealed she was in no rush to find love again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just open to what may happen. I\u2019m not actively out there looking. It\u2019s not my number one goal in life,\u201d she confessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if it goes that way and I met somebody who swept me off my feet and was amazing and kind and great, then I\u2019d be so open to exploring that. But no, I\u2019m not downloading apps. Well, not at the minute\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cIf I did meet that great person, I would never hide it. If they are right, they are right. And I would be the first to embrace it and share it. But I\u2019m not at the stage in life where I want to just do something for the sake of it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf it happens, it happens. And if it doesn\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louise parted ways with Jamie shortly after she appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016.<\/p>\n

Writing in her memoir You\u2019ve Got This: And Other Things I Wish I Had Known, she revealed, \u201cIf I\u2019d done the show four years earlier, this wouldn\u2019t have happened. I wouldn\u2019t have walked away from my marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that taking part in the BBC show \u201csimply wasn\u2019t worth putting anyone I loved or love through the heartache\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Louise also revealed how \u201clonely, anxious and unimportant\u201d she felt in her marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back, I wish I\u2019d sat down and really tried to explain how much I was struggling, how unimportant I felt in our lives together and how depressed this made me feel,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I\u2019d been honest and said I felt unloved. I never spoke about how things were at home to a single soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louise has always maintained that her boys are her main focus. She\u2019s been navigating life as a single mum, and last year Charley flew the nest to attend the University of Arizona, where he plays rugby.<\/p>\n

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Talking about him leaving home, she says, \u201cHe comes back quite a lot and I get to go over there. I\u2019m definitely going to go out before Christmas and then he\u2019ll be back here for Christmas; in American unis they get really long holidays, so I\u2019m fortunate he always comes home.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continues, \u201cIt\u2019s always hard when he leaves again, but we stay in touch by sending each other little pictures. Sometimes it\u2019s easier than sending long messages. So instead I\u2019ll ping him pictures of our bulldog doing something funny, or if I\u2019ve cooked something I know he likes I\u2019ll snap a photo of it, and he\u2019ll send me one of him turning up to rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe both love memes, so if I see one I know he\u2019ll laugh at, I\u2019ll send it over. It only takes a split second but you feel like you\u2019re engaging with them every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as her thriving love life, Louise\u2019s career is keeping her busy. The singer, who found fame in the early 1990s with girl band Eternal, and starred as Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret in 2017, is back in the studio writing and recording new music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a great year,\u201d she says. \u201cI ended the year before doing a straight play, which was a lovely experience, so it\u2019s just about knuckling down and doing more of the same, career-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louise was speaking on behalf of Three UK and Samaritans about the support for parents as their children leave for university. For details, look up fresh starts at university at three.co.uk.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n