11-05-2025
Candice Warner reveals truth about marriage with cricket star husband David Warner: 'Our relationship is very strong'
Candice Warner, former ironwoman and wife of Australian cricketer David Warner, has opened up about her decade-long marriage and the challenges the couple have faced together.
Warner, 40, said the ups and downs the family has faced over the years has made her relationship with David stronger.
The sporting couple, who married in 2015, share three daughters, Ivy, 10, Indi, eight, and Isla, five.
'Our relationship is very strong, but it always has been. Certain situations that we have overcome together have made us even stronger,' she told Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About.
'We look at our kids and we see them as our biggest achievements,' she added speaking about the couple's three daughters, Ivy, 10, Indi, 9, and Isla, 5.
'We're really proud of how far we've come and that we just didn't give up along the way.'
Late last year, the Senate passed laws to block under-16s from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to protect their mental health.
Despite the the new rules, the Warner sisters - who have an impressive amount of followers on Instagram - will keep their joint account.
'I don't care what people say about me, about my husband, about us as a family, because it's their opinion,' said Warner.
'It's not fact. They don't know us.
'I'm not here to defend their page. And, I truly believe what [Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese is doing is the right thing to protect young adults from something that can be very dangerous.'
'But we also have an obligation as a parent, most parents have social media, to teach our kids how to use it in a positive way.
'It's wonderful if we know how to use it correctly and if we can empower people or we can educate people or we could make people smile or laugh.'
Some celebrities blank out the faces of their children when they post to social media - but Warner says the couple decided not to do this.
'We've never found a need to blank our kids' faces out,' she explained.
'We're incredibly protective of our girls, don't get us wrong. But I don't feel like someone is going to come and kidnap my daughter if they know what school she's at.
'I'm not that type of parent. You've got to live a little bit. Just because we have a profile and my husband plays cricket, are we supposed to just live behind four walls and never leave there and never let our kids be seen or heard?
'If it's good for us, it's good for our kids. And they're very happy. They're thriving. They're really happy young girls. Yes, we're protective but we're also realistic in the world that we live in.'
Warner went onto explain how she teaches resilience to her daughters.
'The best way to teach resilience is to not wrap your kids in cotton wool,' she said.
'A bit of tough love. How can you teach resilience if they've never failed? How can you tell your kids to get back up when they've never fallen?
