Joe Swash shares 'guilt' over happy family life with Stacey Solomon after 'mortifying' start
10.10.2022 - 17:11
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Joe Swash has admitted to feeling 'guilt' over his happy family life with new wife Stacey Solomon. The couple tied the knot over the summer in an intimate Jewish ceremony in the garden of their gorgeous home, affectionately dubbed Pickle Cottage.
Stacey and Joe said 'I Do' 19 months after getting engaged during a romantic winter walk on Christmas Eve 2020. The showbiz couple were meant to tie the knot last year, but the wedding was postponed due to the pandemic. Following the delay, Stacey fell pregnant with their first daughter, Rose - who was born on the Loose Women presenter's 32nd birthday last year and recently celebrated turning one.
Joe, 40, and Stacey, 33 met when the former X Factor star was crowned 'Queen of the Jungle' in 2010's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here. Joe, who had won the ITV reality series in 2008, was on presenting duties alongside hosts Ant and Dec. They then began working together on the I’m A Celeb ITV2 spin-off but it wasn't until 2016 that they went 'official' with their romance.
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And in 2019, the couple welcomed their first child together. But the family-of-four are actually a blended family of seven as Stacey is also mum to two older sons, Zachary and Leighton, from previous relationships, while former EastEnders star Joe is also dad to teenage son Harry. And in a new interview Joe, who is known for playing Mickey Miller in BBC One soap EastEnders, has opened up about his family life, admitting he feels ‘guilty’ over how happy he is right now.
He told The Sun's Fabulous: "I actually feel guilty about how happy I am with life, my family and Stacey. There have been years when I had a lot of grief and went