Holly Willoughby makes surprising confession about her ‘happy’ marriage

Holly Willoughby gets refreshingly honest about her and Dan Baldwin’s ‘happy’ marriage - and what she has to say may surprise you

Holly Willoughby

by Kayleigh Dray |
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Holly Willoughby and Dan Baldwin have been married for almost a decade.

In that time, they have welcomed three beautiful children and worked hard at their separate careers.

Yet, while other showbiz couples have folded under less pressure, Holly and Dan seem happier and more in love than ever before.

So what’s their secret?

Speaking to Fabulous magazine, the Celebrity Juice host explained that she and Dan Baldwin are “very lucky”.

She added cheekily: "And with everything else that’s going on, we still fancy the pants off each other! That really helps."

However Holly did not sugarcoat her marriage in the interview.

Instead, she decided to get real about the obstacles that married couples - particularly those with young children - face on a daily basis.

And she admitted that, when you’re tired from 3am feeds and your hormones are all over the place, it can feel as if everything is falling apart.

But, she continued, life isn’t a Disney film; there is no happy ever after to a relationship, and there is no ‘quick fix’.

A good marriage is all down to hard work, sticking together through the bad periods, and giving things time to settle when they seem like you’re on the rocks.

She said: “Marriage is something we have to work at. You’re an idiot if you think you just get married and then you tick along happily ever after for the rest of your life.”

Holly added: “At the same time it shouldn’t be too difficult, but I do believe tiredness has a lot to answer for.”

She also advised mums to take time when making big decisions, as their ‘raging hormones’ can affect their judgement.

“Everyone underestimates the effect [a baby] has on you as a couple,” she said.

“Whenever I see people breaking up shortly after they’ve had a baby, sometimes I wonder if they’d just given it a little bit longer or pushed through that tough bit at the beginning...

“I think that people may make decisions at that stage and then wish that they’d just held out or worked through it.”

Read the full interview in Fabulous magazineFabulous magazine now.

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