Issue 31-Aug-2020 - Woman's Own (2024)

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In This IssueThis week we’re lovingSHERIDAN SMITHSheridan Smith gave birth to her first child, Billy – with her fiancé, Jamie Horn – back in May, and she’s now letting cameras in for a new ITV documentary, Becoming Mum.The 39-year-old actress has been open about anxiety and depression in the past, following the death of her father, Colin, in 2016. The show will explore how she’s overcoming her mental-health battles while dealing with becoming a first-time mum.Sheridan announced the news she and Jamie had welcomed their bundle of joy in May, when she posted a picture on Instagram confirming, ‘Our little man has arrived! We are both completely overwhelmed with love.’• Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum is on ITV this weekRemember, you can download Woman’s Own from the App Store or Google Play Store direct to your…1 min

CelebrityLisa Riley ‘Mandy’s the ultimate space invader!’Lisa Riley on life out of lockdown and loving the new normal with partner Al…We last caught up six months ago – how are you, old pal?We’re filming in ‘Spotlessville’ at the moment. I feel like a human bottle of Dettol! The safety side of it is unreal but the hard thing is there are a lot of arguments coming up and you want to get in people’s faces, but we can’t. Mandy Dingle is the ultimate space invader, so that’s been a challenge. And I’m like that anyway – I just love people! But this will be the regime well into the new year – it works and it is safe.Were you prone to wipe down a surface before this?My house is like a hospital. I’ve always been like…4 min

Celebrity‘I’m back to normal but THE GUILT WILL NEVER LEAVE ’Recovering from any mental-health issue is always complex, as Loose Women’s Linda Robson, 62, knows all too well. Revealing that she feels ‘back to normal’ now, two years after her life spiralled out of control during a battle with OCD, anxiety and alcohol, the actor – who doesn’t think alcohol was the core problem – has admitted she’s still riddled with guilt for what she put family and friends through. ‘Guilt takes a long time to leave you. I’m always going to think, “What did I do to them?”’ she said.TAKING BACK CONTROLA year after taking a break from TV, Linda returned to the Loose Women panel in January, having recovered. But, while she’s reaping the benefits physically, she admits she is mentally scarred by the events around her meltdown…4 min

Celebrity‘Lockdown SAVED US ’‘After years in a long-distance relationship, I’m now locked up with the girl of my dreams’For most couples, lockdown has been the longest amount of time they’ve ever spent together without the escape of everyday routine – and, for many, it’s caused huge rows and break-ups.But, that’s not the case for Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan – who have spent the pandemic together and quarantined for two weeks after a holiday to Spain.Due to Michelle, 33, spending many months filming Our Girl in South Africa, while Mark, also 33, presents for Extra in Los Angeles, the pair don’t usually even live on the same continent – and they’ve been dogged with rumours of problems within their marriage for years because of it.But former TOWIE star Mark has now insisted he…1 min

CelebrityENJOYING THE QUIET LIFEPrior to lockdown, Mark admits he was going out drinking lots with his friends, especially at the weekends. But he now looks forward to having a glass of wine or two over dinner with his wife during the week instead, as well as cooking together.He said, ‘Michelle is a cracking chef. She has made a lot of delicious banana bread and lets me be her sous chef, so I help out.’And he told GQ , ‘Once or twice a week I’ll have a glass of wine or two with dinner, whereas back in the day I’d wait for the weekend and get absolutely smashed with my mates.‘That’ll definitely be a habit I take forward in life: the idea of smashing shots doesn’t really appeal to me, but a lovely dinner…1 min

CelebrityBABY PLANS?And it seems the couple have loved their time together so much that they're even thinking about starting a family. They have had their £1.3 million Essex home demolished, in order to start building their dream home that they could raise children in.Floor plans posted on the Epping Council website showed that the couple’s blueprints feature a huge swimming pool, a bar and make-up room – as well as a playroom.On starting a family, Mark has previously said, ‘We say we’re going to try every year, but something comes up with work.‘So it’ll be Michelle filming in South Africa and then I got the job in Los Angeles – so we think, right, we’ll try next year. It’ll be around December or January, we’ll talk about it and we’ll go…1 min

Issue 31-Aug-2020 - Woman's Own (2024)

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