Title: Bry n Kez interview.....New
LianneLuvsBrian - October 22, 2003 04:05 PM (GMT)
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Inviting OK! into their new Home
BRYAN & KERRY
The couple reveal their marriage 'Hiccup' and their dreams to adopt
Westlife May be 1 of the Country's most successful groups. With a string of number one hits and sell-out tours to their name, but for one member of the famous five, Bryan McFadden, the true measure of success and happiness is his stable home life. Together with his gorgeous wife Kerry, 23-year-old Bryan has brushed aside the fickle world of celebrity in favour of a loving family environment. The couple, together with their 2 children, Molly, 2 and Lilly Sue, eight months, have recently moved into a palatial six-bedroom home in county Dublin where they have created a cosy family unit.
Because of their hectic work schedules, both Bryan & Kerry, also 23, crave the refuge that their new home offers. Bryan has been busy touring with Westlife and working on their latest album, while Kerry has a number of ITV1 shows Loose Women. However, away from the spotlight, the couple relish parenthood and spending time with their close-knit circle of family and friends.
Both Bryan & Kerry seem well deserved of the happiness that fame and success have bought them. It's widely known that Kerry suffered a hugely traumatic childhood which meant that she was fostered at a young age. And, like most celebrities, the couple have been the subject of tabloid stories, including an incident of infidelity during Bryan's stag weekend which threatened to wreck their marriage.
However, the couple are understandably keen to move on and, as they sit cuddling and laughing throughout the OK! interview, its obvious their marriage is as strong as ever.
Sitting in the conservatory of their luxurious home, Bryan & Kerry talk with refreshing honesty about how they've retained the romance in their relationship, the difficult periods in their marriage and why they want to adopt a child...
You've recently moved into your dream home in County Dublin. How does it feel to be in a cosy family environment?
Kerry: We used to live in an apartment just around the corner, but this place is much better, especially for the kids because Molly can run amuck! we love living here, it's our dream house. it's great living in Ireland and i never want to leave, the people are so friendly - although we haven't got to know our neighbours yet and have kept ourselves to ourselves. If you get to know the neighbours too much they'll start popping round when you're trying to have your tea!
Both of you are from relatively modest backgrounds. It must be bizarre to be living such luxury...
Kerry: It's really, really strange for me. I sometimes walk around the house and have to pinch myself because i can't believe this is ours. I just think i'm going to wake up from this dream. It's also weird for my friends and family when they see me living here. I used to live in a 1-bedroom council flat with my mum which was probably smaller than our conservatory. It's just really surreal.
Bryan: It's similar for me because i lived in a normal house on a housing estate. Before, Kerry & I lived in a nice apartment, but it was nothing like this place.
Kerry, the story of your unstable family background has been well-documented. Has it always been your dream to settle down and have children?
Yes, it's lovely to have a proper family with 2 children, but we are putting them up for adoption next week. Only Jokin! It's really great when Bryan comes home from work and there's just the four of us, though the house always looks like a tornado has hit it because Molly's so messy - as is Bryan! It means the world to me that the kids and Bryan are here. All that matters is that i've got a husband and 2 beautiful kids and ive no intention of letting that go.
Bryan, as part of Westlife you're adored by millions of fans. It must be a big transformation to go from being a pop idol on stage to being a dad at home changing nappies?
Definately, but i think it's great. Obviously Westlife is a major part of my life but as soon as i walk through the front door i switch it off. It's almost like im living 2 completely different lives because at home im a father and a husband and its a down-to-earth lifestyle.
With 2 very young children demanding your attention, is it difficult making time purely for each other?
Bryan: It is hard, I suppose, because when we're not working we're looking after the kids. We get so little time off and, because of this, we feel it'd be unfair to offload the kids onto one of our mothers to spend time together. We do love to go out, tough. if we're in Dublin we love to go to Lillie's Bordello and we also like going to a karaoke bar nearer home. We always get up and sing and nobody bothers us. At the start of the evening we have no intention of singing and then we go and get drunk and you cant get us off the stage!
Kerry: We love being together as a family but it's so important that you spend time just together because otherwise you can become unhappy with eachother and the kids will sense that.
Your regarded as having one of the most stable relationships in the industry. How have you retained the romance in your marriage?
Kerry: Bryan can be romantic, cant you darling? But Bryan's kind of romance is cuddling and kissing...
Bryan:...While you want expensive presents.
Kerry: No i dont, thats an awful thing to say! we do go out for meals but it can be difficult because of the kids. When i was 5 months pregnant with Lilly, Bryan called me and and ordered me to get dressed because we were going out. He came round too the apartment with a bunch of red roses and took me out for dinner then we went to stay in a hotel. in the morning he sent me another dozen red roses - so he can be romantic!
Does it ever feel strange that you're both still in your early twenties and have 2 children...
Kerry: ive always been older than my years, probably because of my background. Having a family feels so natural and im loving it. None of my pregnancies were planned but it was never like, oh no. it happens and you just have to get on with it. We've done more in our short lives than most people do in an entire lifetime, such as travelling the world.
Bryan: Im exactly the same. im only 23 but i feel more like 28. its probably because ive had so many amazing experiences.
Would you like to have more children?
Kerry: Don't get me wrong. I love my kids, but i want to wait at least another 5 years and i'd love to have a little boy. we'd also like to adopt because its such a nice thing to do. There are so many kids out there who have horrible lives and have been abused. I was in foster care so i understand their situation and would like give something back.
Despite the constant rumours of a Westlife split, the band continue to go from strength to strength. Has being in a successful band put a strain on your relationship?
Bryan: If we were working to the extent that we were 2 years ago then im sure it would have affected our relationship in a bad way. Thankfully, Westlife are at the stage now where things are going really well and we dont have to work as hard. A few years ago we'd have never taken days off and there was no such thing as a weekend.
Kerry: People always assume that we never see each other but we're together most of the time. i also think its great to have some space in a relationship aswell because it makes you appreciate each other - and it also gives me time to clean up after Bryan!
Kerry, you've been busy co-presenting shows such as loose women. Has this helped retain your own identity so you're not just percieved as being a Westlife wife?
It wasnt the Westlife tag that ive wanted to get away from but the fact that im always known as once being in Atomic Kitten. Dont get me wrong, im very proud of being in the band, but its been 3 years now and it would be nice to be known as kerry mcfadden. ive got my own identity now but i still get called 'that bird married to bryan from westlife'. I do have a name, you know! but it doesnt bother me because im very proud to be married to Bryan.
There have been recent press reports that the Atomic kitten girls are underweight. Do you agree?
Tash (Natasha Hamilton) has lost a lot of weight but i dont think shes done that deliberately. She's always been really thin - before she was pregnant she was a size 6. They do say that after you've had a baby it's easier to shed the weight so i guess its a lot to do with Tash running around after Josh and her busy work schedule - I mean, shes bound to lose weight. Liz (McClarnon) is also skinny but then im just jealous. They're all beautiful girls with great figures.
Bryan, are you still in touch with Natasha Hamilton's former fiance Fran Cosgrave, who used to be a bodyguard for Westlife?
I saw him a few weeks ago. its awful when couples split up and you're friends with both of them, and its particularly difficult when there's a baby involved. Fran's seeing Jodie Marsh and we all went out three weeks ago. They have a genuine relationship and he seems very happy.
Kerry, your co-presenters on Loose women seem obsessed with your chest. Do you ever get fed up with people discussing your boobs and weight?
Like the rest of the nation, they're obsessed by them. When i got offered Loose women i'd never seen the show before and my agent thought it would be great for me because i could show people what i was really like, rather than being seen as just a blonde, big-boobed dizzy person.
You look like you've lost weight - is it true you've been taking slimming pills?
Yes, ive lost about 6lbs off my left boob! seriously, ive actually managed to lose about half a stone in a perfectly healthy way. We were talking on Loose women about me taking slimming pills but the truth was i was in a chemist and i bought some herbal slimming tablets. I thought i'd try them to see what they were like. I only remembered to take 2 because im terrible when it comes to taking pills, hense the 2 babies. i dont even think they work. to be honest, i lost half a stone purely from running around after the kids and, as for eating, ive got into a healthy routine of making sure i eat breakfast and having smaller meals - and ive also been going to the gym.
As with all marriages, you've had your problems, most notably concerning an incident on Bryan's stag weekend involving a lapdancer which has once again reared its head in the papers. How have you got over this difficult time?
Bryan: What happened was a hiccup in our life and weve got over it and thats the end of it. Tabloid newspapers just try and paint the worst picture possible.
Kerry: I think when you're married, whether you're a celebrity couple or not, you're bound to go through difficult times. I love Bryan so much and i believe that our love is strong and i wouldnt throw our marriage away. The papers are always trying to make out there are problems, its just like the stories about Victoria and David Beckham not gettin on. Because the Beckhams come across as being perfect, the press are so eager to ruin their relationship which is so unfair on them. They've got kids like us and i dont want my kids reading rubbish about our relationship. i suppose the beckhams have become a product, whereas i know Bryan loves me and he knows i love him but we dont need to prove that to anyone else and i guess thats what they kind of do. But i do feel really sorry for the beckhams because there's so much pressure on them.
Bryan: The media like to blow things up. I love Kerry and thats the end of it. Obviously theres been one hiccup which, despite it happening 2 years ago, the media keeps bringing it up. its gettin boring as its such old news . Kerry & I are married now with 2 children and we dont want to keep talking about how we got over this problem. weve got over it but no one else seems to have. were happy & we dont want to talk about it anymore.
Westlife are one of the most successful bands to come out of ireland, but there will come a day when the group splits. Will you continue in the music industry, Bryan?
There are no plans to split. we're going to do the album and then the tour and decide where to go from there - we're taking it album by album. Westlife are a family and there are no egos. When we do move on, i dont think it'll be like boyzone where there were disagreements because the lads didnt know what was going on. We have a very close relationship and we'll all decide when its over. at that point we'll move into doing our own thing. ive got no solid plans but it'll probably involve going solo or being a full-time songwriter.
Ninsi - October 28, 2003 07:51 PM (GMT)
Sounds like they have a full, rich life ahead
Sal4shane - October 31, 2003 10:25 PM (GMT)
yeah it does, good luck 2 them.
there house is amazin
bittersweet me - November 1, 2003 06:12 PM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 2, 2003 01:33 PM (GMT)
Lets hope it stays that way ;)
bittersweet me - November 2, 2003 10:42 PM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 3, 2003 03:49 PM (GMT)
Sooo hows YOUR lovelife going?
bittersweet me - November 4, 2003 12:07 AM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 4, 2003 11:11 AM (GMT)
Oh, I see, the same as mine then :lol:
Sal4shane - November 5, 2003 11:24 PM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 6, 2003 09:32 AM (GMT)
awwww, well at least we have each other ;)
bittersweet me - November 7, 2003 01:59 PM (GMT)
Lol, I don't need a partner right now, too much other things to concentrate on, though it still is <_<
Ninsi - November 7, 2003 06:55 PM (GMT)
Well, I dont have time for a relationship at mo either ;)
Sal4shane - November 8, 2003 11:09 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Ninsi @ Nov 6 2003, 09:32 AM) |
| awwww, well at least we have each other ;) |
LOL! aww sweet
bittersweet me - November 8, 2003 11:58 AM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 9, 2003 11:40 AM (GMT)
well it's true, aint it? ;)
Sal4shane - November 9, 2003 09:16 PM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 9, 2003 10:26 PM (GMT)
*Joins the lovely huggie wuggies*
Sal4shane - November 9, 2003 11:09 PM (GMT)
Ninsi - November 9, 2003 11:14 PM (GMT)
Yeah anybody wanny join in a nice warm group hug???
Sal4shane - November 9, 2003 11:18 PM (GMT)
bittersweet me - November 10, 2003 02:28 PM (GMT)
Here! here! I want to!!! Lol :lol:
bittersweet me - November 10, 2003 02:30 PM (GMT)
Lol, I can't acces the previous page because there is l-a-p-dancer on it <_< :lol:
Sal4shane - November 10, 2003 10:06 PM (GMT)
huh??
aww huggie wuggies 4 bitter :D
bittersweet me - November 11, 2003 09:44 PM (GMT)
Lol, thanks :lol:
It was because I've been in an internet-cafe - no acces to pages with s-e-x-ual content.
Sal4shane - November 11, 2003 10:27 PM (GMT)
bittersweet me - November 13, 2003 11:26 PM (GMT)
Lol, it's annoying as it reacts to everything. When Bryan was in the news with that dancer story I just couldn't get in :rolleyes: :lol:
Sal4shane - November 15, 2003 11:00 PM (GMT)
:lol: never mind did u read it in the end?
bittersweet me - November 17, 2003 10:30 AM (GMT)
Sal4shane - November 17, 2003 07:46 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (bittersweet me @ Nov 17 2003, 10:30 AM) |
| Yeah, I did, at home. |
thats gd ;)
Ninsi - December 26, 2003 05:44 PM (GMT)
awww, it must b well annoying with that ic-filter thing