Billi Mucklow thanks friend for babysitting her kids so she could enjoy rare weekend away... after ex Andy Carroll made major decision about his family's future
has thanked a friend for helping to look after her children so she could enjoy a rare weekend away.
The former TOWIE star has been busy looking after the five children she shares with estranged husband Andy Carroll - two of which are from Andy's previous relationship but she has always treated as her own.
But over the weekend Billi jetted to Majorca for Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallet 's lavish wedding,where she showed off her incredible revenge body and partied with her TOWIE pals.
Sharing an Instagram photo of her youngest daughter Marvel Mae, two on Monday, Billi thanked a friend for having her kids to stay, gushing: 'kids had the best time with you'.
Billi and her ex Andy, who split, last September, are parents to Arlo, eight, Wolf, five, and Marvel Mae whilst Billi also has two older-stepchildren that she brought up as 'her own', Emilie Rose, 15, and Lucas, 14.
Meanwhile, ex Premier League player Andy made a major decision last week about his football career and family, announcing he has left his club in Bordeaux after one season to 'return home' to England to be closer to his children.
The former England forward - once Britain's most expensive Premier League footballer when bought by Liverpool from Newcastle for £35million - was a fan favourite at Bordeaux after dropping down the divisions and taking a huge pay cut.
It was his second season in France after making 35 appearances for second tier Amiens the previous season.
The 36-year-old forward's next move is uncertain but is unlikely to retire after admitting that he would like to continue playing into his 40s.
Whilst Billi was enjoying a child-free weekend in Spain, Andy has been holidaying with his new girlfriend Lou Teasdale in Greece.
During the break Andy was questioned twice by Greek police over a series of bust-ups with Lou, 41.
The couple have since stated that their 'heated discussion' was 'of the sort that most couples have had on occasion' and that 'no one was arrested or charged' and they are 'happy, in love and looking forward to their future'.
MailOnline revealed last year that Billi was 'blindsided' by Andy's new romance with influencer Lou.
The pair began dating last year after Andy and Billi called it quits after two years of turbulent marriage.
In 2022, their wedding was almost called off when Andy was pictured drunkenly passed out in bed with two women in Dubai on his stag do.
Billi forgave him after one of the women insisted nothing sexual happened.
Less than two years after their nuptials, the couple's marriage was over - with Andy confirming they had started divorce proceedings after 'a hard few months for our family'.
Andy said in a statement at the time: 'Billi and I have privately separated earlier this year and we are under way with our divorce proceedings'.
'It has been a hard few months for our family and we continue to move forward amicably for our children.'
Last October Billi was ever the doting mother as she shared a sweet photo with her children, following Andy's first romantic getaway with his girlfriend Lou.
The then new couple were pictured packing on the PDA on the beach, after jetting off on a romantic holiday to Mallorca to celebrate Lou's 41st birthday.
While back home, Billi was busy looking after the couple's five children.
A source said at the time: 'Seeing Andy on holiday having a lovely time while she is at home doing the school run and looking after five children would leave any woman incandescent.
'She is at home while Andy is away enjoying the sunshine. She is used to him being away for his football but it all feels like Billi's nose is being rubbed in it now.'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Sun
18 minutes ago
- The Sun
Intense hug from my husband's pal made me feel alive… did I choose the wrong man?
DEAR DEIDRE: MY marriage makes me feel dead inside, but an intense kiss from my husband's pal reminded me that I'm still a sexy and sassy woman. If I'm honest with myself, I've got far more in common with this friend than with my other half. I'm 54 and my husband is 57. He's great, but so serious about everything. He likes documentaries and non-fiction books. I enjoyed being married to an intelligent man, but whenever I want to relax and stream the latest film or play a board game at Christmas, he says no. In fact, any time I suggest something fun, like going to a family party, his stock answer is, 'I've got stuff to be getting on with here.' In other words, I'm going alone. I put up with him and just keep myself busy volunteering and looking after the children and grandkids. Before I met my husband, I actually knew his friend. We had a few dates years ago but romance fizzled out. He got married a year after us. He's a chilled, lovely and lively 55-year-old and I often wondered whether I chose the wrong man. He lost his wife to cancer two years ago. I saw him recently at a party for our friends' 30th wedding anniversary. As usual, my husband stayed home. When I hugged and kissed this man goodbye, his aftershave was gorgeous and we held each other for longer than friends would have done. We even shared the most amazing, lingering kiss before someone interrupted us and we both snapped back to reality. I can't stop thinking about him and want him so badly. He's made me feel alive. I want to experience that excitement again. DEIDRE SAYS: It is natural to still fancy other people. A marriage can lose its va-va-voom and you have to work at it. Your husband sounds blissfully unaware of how you're feeling, but if he doesn't want to lose you, he deserves to know so he can do something about it. Find a quiet moment to explain that you need to talk to him about something serious. Tell him you're feeling unhappy and that, for you, your relationship feels stale. Have a rational discussion about how you are feeling, rather than attacking him. Suggest that doing more things together could reignite some of the feelings you had when you first met. You may have to be willing to explore some of his interests, too. My support pack, Relationship MOT, will help you. MY DAUGHTER HAS GOT FAT AND WILL NOT GO IN SHOWER DEAR DEIDRE: I AM ashamed to take my daughter out. She used to take pride in her appearance but now she has piled on a load of weight and I have to persuade her to shower. I am her 44-year-old mum. I hate to say it but I dread bumping into someone I know while I am with her. Looks aren't everything, but even my 15-year-old son showers more than my daughter, who is 19. I don't know what has happened to her. She doesn't seem keen to go out. Her best friend, who she has known since primary school, has booked a holiday to Greece with my daughter and a couple of others in a few weeks. All her friends are petite and lovely and I have visions of my daughter squeezing herself into clothes that are inappropriate for her shape. How can I encourage her to make some changes? DEIDRE SAYS: She sounds very low and perhaps depressed. Tell her you are worried about her and see whether she would be willing to talk to her doctor about it. Take her shopping, perhaps with her friend, to encourage her to buy some clothes that will suit her. My support pack Raising Self-Esteem may help both of you to find ways of giving her a boost. As a parent, you can get more help via Young minds ( 0808 802 5544). PARTNER REFUSES TO PAY HER WAY DEAR DEIDRE: HAVING recently given birth to our baby girl, my partner has selfishly given up paying anything towards the bills. She is on maternity leave so still has a bit of income and I think she should pay her way like she always has. I'm a man of 41 and I own a haulage firm. My pockets aren't that deep – I have to plough a lot of the earnings back into the business. Our daughter is three months old and my 29-year-old partner works in a supermarket. She says nappies and baby milk cost a lot and she can't afford to pay for the electricity and broadband. I thought with equality and women wanting the same as men, she would be up for stumping up her own money to keep her and the baby – or am I the issue here? DEIDRE SAYS: Babies are expensive but they are a shared responsibility between the two parents. If you're earning the same amount of money as you were before but your partner is on a reduced income, it is time for you to make some sacrifices too. When the baby is asleep, explain to your partner that you need to work out how best to manage your money. If you don't already have one, an account for bills would be useful, and then you can carve up the rest of your outgoings between you. My support pack Family Finances will help you too. I'M A UNI MISFIT AS I'M TEETOTAL DEAR DEIDRE: I'M FINDING my first year of university difficult because I don't like alcohol. I'm a guy of 19 and having trouble fitting in and socialising. I can't tolerate alcohol and don't even like the taste of it. During a gap year, I travelled with three mates and that was bad enough but I had grown up with them and they knew I didn't like drinking. I thought at university it would be better. I had heard that student bars were closing down and more coffee shops were opening, so I thought there would be less insistence that I drink. But no, the peer pressure to buy alcohol is still there. It's hard to be around people who are drunk when you are trying to join in with the laughs and you are feeling very sober. I love sport so I joined the hockey team and met some like-minded people but even they go drinking after a match. They all get drunk and seem to have a riotous time of it while I feel very dull by comparison. Maybe I'll just keep my head down and not try to be friends with anyone until my course has finished. DEIDRE SAYS: That would be a huge shame. A good social life is one of the most enjoyable aspects of studying at university. Perhaps you're surrounding yourself with the wrong sort of people. You can still be sociable without drinking, so continue to go out and explain to anyone who tries to force alcohol on you that you have an intolerance. If they are dismissive or mean about it, then they're not real friends. There will be other people who feel the same as you do and can't drink, so continue exploring other societies like debating clubs, film clubs or even playing board games. These spaces will take the emphasis away from drinking.
Daily Mail
24 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Stars shrug off protesters as they jet into Venice for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding bonanza
The ultra-wealthy are descending on Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez 's highly-anticipated nuptials, despite raging protests in the city. The Amazon billionaire and his bride-to-be are said to have invited 200 people to their three-day Italian wedding, which is due to kick off on Thursday and end on Saturday. The star-studded guest list including Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, and Kim Kardashian, who was recently seen on Sanchez's bachelorette. Other high-profile guests have already landed in the City of Canals, including US First Daughter Ivanka Trump and her family, as well as fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg. Ivanka, 43, sported a sand-tone two-piece set with red accents from pricey designer La DoubleJ for the occasion. The top, which retails for $550, features a cropped length and a bold red embroidery pattern. She donned the matching $620 skirt, which hit her at the knee and featured the same embroidery pattern as the top. In total, the ensemble comes out to a whopping $1,170. Her husband Jared Kushner, 44, opted for a linen shirt and his usual khakis for the boat ride to their Italian dwellings. The couple were accompanied by their three children, Arabella Rose, 13, Joseph Frederick, 10, and Theodore James, eight. Meanwhile, von Furstenberg appeared to be in a jovial mood as she left Venice Airport by boat, snapping photos of her surroundings as she traveled. The 78-year-old designer wore a multi-colored, striped suit for the journey. Many guests are expected to arrive to the lavish wedding via private jet, with at least 95 planes having already requested to land at Venice's Marco Polo Airport. Other guests, like American Investor Bill Miller and billionaire Shahid Khan, are arriving to the ceremony via yacht. Miller's $70million boat was seen moored off the coast of the Italian city. Bezos' superyacht, Koru, which includes a bronze goddess statue that shares similarities with his lover Sanchez, is also in the area, moored off the coast of Croatia, which is located across from Italy in the Mediterranean. The pair threw a foam party onboard the vessel on Friday. The $500 million superyacht is where Bezos popped the question to Sanchez in May 2023. However, their arrival in Venice has been far from smooth sailing and the couple is being plagued by protesters who are furious the needs of local residents are allegedly being sidelined to make way for wealthy tourists. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg was also seen arriving at the Venice Airport Diane von Furstenberg appeared to be in a jovial mood as she left the Venice Airport on a boat. The 78-year-old designer wore a multi-colored striped suit and seemed to be taken by her surroundings as she snapped photos on her phone Bezos is worth around $224.6 billion and is thought to be spending tens of millions on his wedding. 'If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax,' one gigantic banner read in St. Mark's Square. Greenpeace and the UK-based collective Everyone Hates Elon have joined protests in Venice attempting to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Bezos this week. 'Jeff Bezos is the second-richest man in the world yet is reported to pay a 1.1 percent true tax rate,' the two groups said in a joint statement. 'The multi-million-dollar wedding is reportedly happening over three days, with the wedding ring alone worth as much as $5million.' A spokesperson from Everyone Hates Elon said: 'As governments talk about hard choices and struggle to fund public services, Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down half a city for days on end just to get married.' Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro and regional governor Luca Zaia have spoken out in favor of the nuptials, which have been dubbed, 'the wedding of the century,' pointing out that the celebrations are expected to bring $23-34million to local businesses. 'This is a city that handles 150,000 people a day,' Zaia told Italian daily Corriere della Sera. 'George Clooney, François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek, Alexandre Arnault, Elton John and many others got married here.' Bezos has also pledged to make sizable charity donations, including $1.16million to Corila - an academic consortium dedicated to studying Venice's lagoon ecosystem - according to Corriere della Sera and Italy's ANSA news agency. Earlier this month, anti-Bezos banners were hung in Venice from St. Mark's Tower with 'Bezos' in blue capital letters and a red X over it as part of a 'No Space for Bezos' campaign, a play on Bezos' Blue Origin spaceflight venture. A statue of a human body covered in dollar bills with what appears to be Bezos' head was spotted in Venice as part of the protests It is not the only scandal clouding their nuptials, as guest Orlando Bloom is expected to attend by himself sans his popstar wife Katy Perry, who is currently on tour in Australia. It is rumored the actor will debut as a 'single man' at the billionaire's wedding. A tour guide also accidentally l eaked some of the guest list, which revealed that Sanchez's go-to nail artist won't be in attendance. Beatrice Bavato, a freelance tour guide, was photographed as she waited for guests and staff from London-based wedding planners Lanza & Baucina in the arrivals hall at the lagoon city's airport. The clipboard she was holding listed names, flight numbers and hotel destinations for some of the 200 guests due to arrive at the iconic Italian city in the next few days. The list also suggests that the bride suffered a last-minute stressful cancellation: her first choice nail artist is marked in biro as a 'no show'. Among those listed on Beatrice's clipboard were Mike and Beth George arriving on a British Airways flight from London before being transferred to the Al Redentore luxury apartment complex. George was a former Amazon executive who became president of the Bezos Academy, a network of tuition-free preschools founded by Jeff Bezos, and he previously led the Echo and Alexa teams at Amazon. Pictured: Protesters display a banner reading 'No Space for Bezos!' on the Rialto Bridge New York-based Jewelry Designer Sandra Leong and her philanthropist husband Robert Gelfond, were marked arrived on a Delta Airlines flight from the Empire State. Others on the guest list include Elana Jassy, wife of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. The lavish event and its extensive guest list will mean beefed-up security, closed streets, monitored airspace and a strong police presence. Police were already seen doing underwater checks ahead of the events. Bezos' superyacht will be moored at San Basilio – the closest it can get to the city center due to its fragile ecosystem – and be in sight of the Hotel Cipriani, where many will be lodged. It is thought Bezos, Sanchez and their immediate families will stay on the nine-bedroom yacht with other guests split between the Cipriani and Aman hotels nearby. Wedding experts Kunal Madan, the CEO and Founder of and Zoe Buke, from told the couple's wedding will likely cost as much as $15million to $20million - depending on venue exclusivity, location planning, and celebrity headcount. A large amount of the provisions are coming from local businesses, including Rosa Salva, the city's oldest and most revered bakery. The couple also suffered a major setback after reportedly being forced to change their venue at the last second. The original plan was for a huge party at the Scuola Grande della Misericordia on Saturday night, but it has now been moved to another venue in the Arsenale area of the city, according to local media. Il Gazzettino said the days leading to wedding would be 'tension filled' and the move to the venue was due to it being 'easier to control' as large scale protests are expected. But they also added 'the winds of war and rising global tensions between the US and Iran' were also being taken into consideration - there is a large American airbase at Aviano just 50 miles away. On Tuesday a meeting is due to take place between local authorities and police and security teams to discuss the wedding.
The Independent
26 minutes ago
- The Independent
Adolescence star reveals Netflix show impacted his own parenting
Ashley Walters, star of the Netflix series Adolescence, has reduced his son's screen time after the show highlighted the importance of internet safety. The actor, who plays DI Luke Bascombe in the series examining incel culture and online misogyny, became more conscious of his own son's online content. Ashley Walters now limits his son's device access for half the week and actively introduces new activities to encourage different interests. Walters aims to avoid being an 'ogre parent' by fostering new hobbies rather than simply banning screen time. He believes the show has empowered parents globally to initiate important conversations about online safety with their children.
