Anyone else a little envious of celeb mums like Holly Willoughby?

[SecretkourtneyKardashianfan]

I know I am being totally irrational and unreasonable but does anyone else think like this? Holly seems to have the ideal life. Great job, great working hours. Husband who earns well. Beautiful, healthy children. Can afford a great house, good child care, close to her sister, turns her hand to most things and makes good money from her ventures blah blah.. Same with Louise Redknapp, great lifestyle business she runs with a friend, beautiful husband , lovely home, supportive extended family. It's not like they are awesomely great at what they do.. I just feel a little envious that's all. Daft isn't it!

[derxa]

I wouldn't want to be her, no.

[MargaretCavendish]

I often wonder what it must be like to be married to a celeb. Being able to afford to be a sahm and have a very comfortable lifestyle with no money worries would be nice.

I think footballers' wives tend to be the living epitome of the old saying that 'if you marry for money, you earn it'. Their job is to be pretty, thin, quiet and to ignore what their husbands do. I wouldn't swap...

[megletthesecond]

What born said.

Between popbitch and blind gossip there's an awful lot that goes unsaid.

[Notso]

I'd like her figure and ability to wear high shoes.

I'd hate to work on this morning or with Keith Lemon though, and as for having all those shitty too thin/too fat/marriage in jeopardy etc mags printing bullshit about me. I'd rather be jobless and penniless.

[SilentlyScreamingAgain]

A police officer friend stopped a 'celeb couple' for a random breath test, just before Christmas a few years ago. Mr Cleb was giving Mrs Cleb so much verbal abuse and she was 'flinching like a woman who's been hit before' to the point where my friend wanted to arrest him. Unfortunately, something more pressing came up.

Things aren't always what they seem.

[The80sweregreat]

I can see your point of view,I was glancing through a mag today at the hair dressers and the one who plays Rosie in corrie as on the front of one of them, looking thin and lovely, beautiful little girl etc etc. However, how many times do they do this, then a few years on the truth comes out, or they split up , or you find out one of them cheated or suffered from depression from trying to look so perfect, in trim etc etc? an awful lot of the time, sad to say.
( i am not suggesting she will be like that, but i see it and it all looks so glossy, i just think.. hmmm!) They also get a lot of hate - i love being anonymous! The money must be nice, but there must be a lot of downsides too.

[littlefrog3]

I would like to be rich, but with a lottery win or an inheritance, NOT by being a celebrity. No way. She is very pretty though isn't she?

[Bellaposy]

I remember an school friend going on holiday to Australia with her sisters a few years ago. It looked absolutely heavenly and like they had the most amazing time. It turned out that the sisters had fallen out massively on the trip, weren't speaking, she hated Australia and couldn't wait to get home.

Life isn't the little squares you see of it. You never know what someone else's story is.

[TreeTop7]

Despite the wealth, I couldn't turn a blind eye to womanising (not HW but others mentioned) and I wouldn't fancy being on my DH's coat tails - Louise R seems lovely but she wouldn't be recognised these days had she married a non-celeb, she's only known for being her husband's wife, Eternal being a long time ago. I couldn't deal with that imbalance had I once been successful myself. Money is important but it isn't everything.

[Puddington]

the one who plays Rosie in corrie

I swear I remember reading she was cheated on before she got pregnant and instantly took the guy back and got pregnant quite soon after, it was a situation where if she'd posted on MN she'd have had unanimous LTBs! That seems to be a common theme with a lot of these outwardly perfect celeb couples, I can't even look at Vernon Kay's smug face anymore, he's disgusting.

[lockie1983]

The only possible benefit I could see is being able to be successful as my dream job (writing books) due to having a big following who buy into you, network of people behind you, people wanting to publish any of shit I wrote because of how famous I (or my husband) is.

Mind you, one of my dearest friends reads my writing and is lovely an complimentary and that's good enough. One lovely, loyal friend is worth millions of Instagram followers.

But I do understand what you're saying OP, when I feel like this regularly I take a social media break.

[weeblueberry]

Christ, folk trailing after me and the kids meaning I'd have to actually fix my hair, makeup and clothes every day or be labelled a tramp?

Nah yer alright.

[NiceMoustache]

TV lives = facebook lives ( or lies)

[LegosAndSkiing]

No

[DevelopingDetritus]

I honestly don't OP, I like being me. Sorry you feel that way.

[Phoebesgift]

I'd love it. I imagine she has a housekeeper/cook, nanny etc. Imagine never having to do the drudgery of cleaning and washing, trudging your own kids up to school daily then rushing to your low paid, stressful, exhausting job to then trudge back to pick up kids, make dinner, blah blah blah.

She'll be picked up in a car for work and dropped off afterwards, someone to do her hair and make up perfectly, a job involving meeting high profile celebs and interesting people from all walks of life. The money she's making along with her husband will be massive. Imagine being able to give up work early and live the rest of your life in luxury and comfort!

I bet the likes of HW etc don't bother to read the majority of crap written about them in the media.

[Want2bSupermum]

Nah - I think Pippa Middleton has it sorted. About to get married to a stonking rich man and she can do as she pleases without courting publicity or working.

[NoYouDontKnowItAll]

Not envious of any of them but it does piss me off when some of them only seem to benefit or gain in popularity for behaving like shit

Ryan Giggs and Amanda Holden for example

[seagazer]

I think footballers' wives tend to be the living epitome of the old saying that 'if you marry for money, you earn it'. Their job is to be pretty, thin, quiet and to ignore what their husbands do. I wouldn't swap...
I wasn't thinking of footballer wives, more of he "unknown" type of celeb wife, the kind that purposely stays out of the limelight. Not someone who married for money either.

[TinselTwins]

Not me!

There is a phrase: "the bigger the front the bigger the back" which comes to mind
Sometimes, the more someone promotes their "perfect life", the more they are falling apart behind the scenes

I have friends who are more beautiful than me, have better homes than me, were able to have the number of children they wanted, have fun jobs and big social circles
Trust me, they ALL have their crosses to bear and I wouldn't swap my unimpressive life for theirs, knowing what they're dealing with behind the scenes!

[WhooooAmI24601]

I'd be shite at being a celebrity because I get pissed regularly and fall over all the time, drop stuff constantly and swear like a sailor. Plus sometimes I go out looking like a bag of yesterday's mashed potatoes in clothes that are, frankly, questionable.

It would be lovely having that sort of lifestyle I'm sure, but needing to always look 'done' and behave appropriately isn't something I'm envious of. Plus, I don't really believe in envy. It's the most pointless of all emotions and achieves nothing but misery.

[wobblywonderwoman]

I do think Pippa has it sorted compared to Kate. He is massively rich and seems a good sort.

But no, I still wouldn't want their life. I am here making sandwiches for tomorrow, ironing a few shirts and work first thing after put DC to bed might watch some TV. It is hardly exciting but I have a meaningful job and nice home and good husband.

[deadringer]

I wouldn't mind looking like her and i wouldn't say no to a handsome well off husband but thats it, i wouldn't want her life or wish to be a celebrity for all the money in the world.

[A1Sharon]

OP I know many women who from the outside 'have it all'.
Thin, wealthy, happily married, good jobs etc.
But as time went on and I got to know them,
People have a tendency to open up and tell me stuff, I guess I'm good a keeping secrets or being sympathetic.
Alcoholics, dead marriages, affairs, cheating, frantic gym sessions, constantly worrying what the others around here think.
It is horrible.
I never, never judge people by outside appearances anymore. You simply never know what problems people have, and everyone has them. No one has a perfect life, OP, no one. No matter how much the like sof the Beckhams and co might try to make you think they do.
Holly has a good life but I bet she does still do laundry etc!

[derxa]

I'd hate to have to work with Phillip Schofield every day. He makes me shudder.