Ulrika Johnson & her husband had sex once in 8 years...

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Having outlined (in excruciating detail) the parlous state of her sex-life during her recently ended marriage, Ulrika is attracting a lot of criticism for it online.

I imagine her children are beyond mortified. But AIBU to think she is very brave, helping other women in a similar boat to feel less alone? In my 20's, I was in a relationship like this, and it left me feeling confused and insecure for some time afterwards.

Too much public information. Her poor kids.

I always think she goes too far, and I think of her kids and what they must think. Yes it's good to consider that others may benefit from your experience, but surely your DC's wellbeing should come first? She was very vocal about one of her DD's DF, and now she's having a go about this recent (now ex) DH, and they have a child. She had an affair with Sven Gora Eriksen and talked about it a lot. I'm not sure it's brave, it's just washing your dirty linen in public. The 2 younger DC are only about 11 and 14: old enough to know what's going on and have their peers sniggering about it.

Massively unreasonable IMO. Way too much detail for her children to cope with and absolutely no need at all to put them through that.

That woman is an embarrassment, can't she keep anything private?

She is not brave, she is a desperate attention-seeker, which would be fine if she had some respect for her children - and her ex to be fair. Would you like your ex-husband to discuss your sex life publicly? She is back in the lime-light, so what else matters.

We've had years of celebrity parents suddenly being expert parents. We now seem to have a similar rush of celebrity menopause news, I'm no more interested in this than I was any celebrity baby book. Why would you want your children to be able to read this?

The poor bloke as well, maybe he didn't want that info being public!

I've always thought that she's a bit dim.

To be honest I found it so honest - it resonated with me. I read it and thought 'Okay its not just me then'. Its 18 months for me but the same as she describes her ex - my DH refuses to discuss it - emotionally distance but excellent and loving Father and outwards we look like a great family. However, I hadn't thought of the impact it would have on her children. When you look at it that way, it is a bit cringe

Ouch honest twice in a sentence - sorry

I agree with you Manchester
Who’d want a mother like that

She enrages me in so many ways. Such an attention seeker and is on the ITV bandwagon.

Rather than being an 'attention seeker' i think she is trying to turn her pain into something useful possibly? But no, of course women should not discuss such things in public

Nobody cares about an ex-celebrity's sex life, or lack of it. And no child ever, ever wants to read that sort of detail about their mum.

She's not doing it to show solidarity with other women in the same boat. She's doing it for the press coverage, which she's getting.

Never liked her for some reason, never met her just an irrational dislike.
I wouldn’t like my ex to be discussing our sex life in public, and I don’t suppose my kids would either.

I dont think shes brave I think shes totally embarrassing her poor kids. Definitely a case of tmi

People really need to learn when to shut the fuck up. I actually don't give a shiny shite how many times somebody else has sex. Really. I don't.

I agree with pp who said about all the celebrity band wagon jumpers.

Oh look I've had a baby, let me write a book about it.
Oh look, I'm juggling work and motherhood, let me write a book about it.
Oh look, I'm going through the menopause, let me write a book about it.

SHUT UP

So basically a woman with kids can't share anything intimate in public? Well that's good for women's mental health, isn't it? Everything we know about sexuality we know because we are able to talk about it. But go back to Victorian times when everything was shameful, and especially if you've had the audacity to give birth and then expect to be treated like a normal human being.

Why this need to share everything in public?

Chat to your mates

I don’t have any time for that attention seeking woman at all. But hasn’t she got about 4 kids? Bet they are delighted she is so open about things....

Rather than being an 'attention seeker' i think she is trying to turn her pain into something useful possibly? But no, of course women should not discuss such things in public

Her career tanked years ago - this is the only way she get on the telly. Let's not dress this up as doing something for the sisterhood!

She always does this, doesn't she? No morals, no subtlety, no keeping anything back. Lime light. All the time. Yuk.

Nothing to do with being a woman or having kids, everything to do with keeping certain things behind closed doors.

She is one that seems to come out of the woodwork looking for some drama every now and again and then thankfully disappears again until her next life crisis she thinks the whole country wants to know about

WHO CARES???

Nobody cares. She probably does it for the money newspapers pay her. What is her current job?

There's a difference between sharing something openly, and sharing it in the media. The second one impacts everyone, including those (like her kids, and probably her ex) who have to deal with it.