Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
DOTING DAD
thing I am finding more difficult is the age gap, because there is less of a gap between Kit and Cass than the others, and Kit is only a baby himself.
“I’ve got to have ears and eyes everywhere.” The family live in a £5million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, with six bedrooms, a gym, home cinema, sports stadium and statues.
But they plan to relocate later this year to a £20million custom-built manor, after Coleen was left shaken by an attempted burglary in 2016.
Their life of luxury is a far cry from their modest upbringings in a working-class suburb of Merseyside.
Coleen insists she still suffers similar pressures to any other new mum. Yet she’s in no rush to snap back to her pre-pregnancy figure like so many celebs.
Coleen, who started exercising again three weeks ago, says: “There is a lot of pressure around this
I don’t to have figure, but feel pressure. I think I’m quite confident. I always want those few pounds off, but there are worse things in the world than that.”
She adds: “A lot of the weight has come off naturally and from running around after the kids.
“I try to eat healthily throughout the week, but at weekends I still like having a takeaway or going out for a meal, or having a few glasses of wine. I am not really strict with myself, because I think you have to enjoy life as well.” One thing she really enjoys is seeing Kai follow in his father’s footsteps. He’s already showing talent on the football pitch, and Wayne is on hand to help, but they don’t want to put too much pressure on him. It’s one of the reasons Coleen, who still speaks with her strong Scouse accent, is an ambassador for the Mcdonald’s Grassroots Football Awards, celebrating how volunteers and football clubs all over the UK help their local communities. “Kai trains four times a week and he’s really into it,” she says. “We support him and encourage him, but if he didn’t want to do it we wouldn’t push it. He’s a good lad and good at school. I don’t want him to think, ‘Right, I just want to be a footballer’.”
The mum of four says it’s important to keep all of her children active. “We are not always able to be together, but we go on days out and go for walks and they love their scooters,” she says.
“They are always on the go. Normal days are just active for us.”
Coleen, who has built a personal fortune of £14million through her own clothing line and product endorsements, does find some time to herself, even if she has sacrificed her monthly facial.
“I used to go for a facial every four weeks, I can’t remember the last time I went,” she laughs. “I will sometimes, where I can, get a spa day with the girls.” Coleen says it’s good to remind people on her social media she is a “real person”, despite her fortune.
She’s been known to answer back to Twitter trolls, including one who