STACEY Solomon has left fans gobsmacked with a shocking family confession.
Not only this, but she also praised her loved ones and claimed that it ‘takes a full village’ to raise five children.
As well as this, the Sort Your Life Out host, 35, advised tired mothers to ‘suck it up’ and ‘power through’.
Speaking on The High Performance Podcast, hosted by Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes, Stacey, who lives at her huge £1.2 million home, Pickle Cottage, which has its own library and 2.5 acres of land, opened up on the support she and husband Joe Swash, 43, receive from her large family.
She said: “I couldn’t sit here and say I’m do it all on my own, cause I don’t.
“I have a huge family, I’m one of seven siblings, my mum and dad are incredible.”
Whilst many will know Stacey’s step-sister Jemma, fans were stunned to know that the star also has a half-brother, two step-brothers, and a brother and sister.
Not only this, but Stacey, who shares six children between her and Joe – Harry, 17, Zachary, 16, Leighton, 12, Rex, five, Rose, three, and Belle, two – as well as multiple jobs, four ducks and two dogs, continued: “Joe comes from a family where they’re really helpful as well and without the village, and I’m not joking, it’s a full village, without the village we couldn’t do what we do.
“I couldn’t take the opportunities that I’ve taken because I wouldn’t have anyone to take care of the kids and me and Joe always wanted it to be, you know, within our family as much as we possibly could.
“So if I’m working, he’s at home. If he’s working, I’m at home.
“My older boys go to their dad’s houses every other weekend and my dad is an amazing grandad, so sometimes he’ll say, ‘can I take all the kids out?’ and he will take the kids out.
“I can reset and build up some energy stores.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Stacey Solomon breaks down in tears on Sort Your Life Out helping terminally-ill mum with daughter, 5, organise cluttered home” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6369020758112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Not only this, but the Loose Women presenter, who last year launched a kids’ range at Primark, then advised mothers: “This is the time of life where you power through every single second of each waking day if you wanna make the most of it and if you wanna get everything that you can out of it.
“And you just gotta suck it up – it’s gonna be hard and you’re gonna be tired.”
[quote credit=”Stacey Solomon”]Without the village, and I’m not joking, it’s a full village, without the village we couldn’t do what we do[/quote]Getting candid on her own family life, Stacey, who recently teased ‘big changes she’s always dreamed of’, continued: “We’ve got a nine month old, she’s still waking up in the night, so we’re sleep deprived.
“We are working as hard as we can to try and make sure we fulfill our goals and our children’s futures.”
As well as this, the blonde beauty stressed: “It’s that point in life where you just have to go, go, go.
“And I think anyone who’s looking, thinking, ‘how does he do it?’, ‘how does she do it?’, should never think that.
[quote credit=”TikTok user “]I thought it was only her and Jemma! Never knew she was 1 of 7![/quote]“Just worry about how you’re gonna do it. Everyone’s circumstances are different. Everyone’s life is different.”
Stacey, who first came on the scene thanks to The X Factor in 2009, then added: “We have the privilege of family and help and people who will step in. So I think acceptance is key.”
Stacey’s fans react
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @high_performance, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 699,000 views in just 22 hours.
Stacey’s fans were stunned by Stacey’s family confession – that she is actually one of seven – and many raced to the comments to share this.
One person said: “I thought it was only her and Jemma! Never knew she was 1 of 7!”
Another added: “1 of 7… I thought there was only her and her sister!”
At the same time, Stacey’s fans were also eager to praise her ‘honesty’.
[quote credit=”TikTok user “]I wish my kids had a village. They will always have me but it is so hard with no family[/quote]One woman beamed: “Love the honesty.”
Whilst a second chimed in: “I love her, she’s so real.”
And as well as this, other parents were keen to open up on their family situations.
One mum explained: “I wish my kids had a village. They will always have me but it is so hard with no family.”
Meanwhile, someone else admitted: “Not me sat here after losing both parents feeling a little jealous, I am not gonna lie.”
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