Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Because Coco is our third child we’re more chilled.. and so is she
X Factor’s Robbie on the new little angel in his life
WITH his work on X Factor, plus tour dates coming up and two toddlers in the house, Robbie Williams is loving his angel newborn Coco, declaring she is “adorable, no hassle whatsoever”.
Coco, born by surrogate last month, is his third child with wife Ayda, also an X Factor judge. Teddy, five, and Charlie, three, already love their little sister to bits.
Speaking in Los Angeles, Robbie, 44, said: “She’s the most chilled baby that we’ve ever had out of all three of them.”
He said the difference between being a first-time parent to a third-time parent was “interesting”.
Robbie said: “The first child, when they go to sleep, if you hear something two miles away you wanna send somebody two miles away to tell them to shut up.
“Then on the third one, you know, the kids are fighting, the TV’S on and baby stays asleep and I think because we’re more chilled, she’s more chilled.”
Asked what daughter Teddy and son Charlie think of Coco, he said: “There’s no jealousy, there’s just lots of love. Teddy wants to feed her and cuddle her all the time.”
Robbie and Ayda, 39, heralded Coco’s arrival by posting a photo of the family’s hands on Instagram.
Robbie is in LA with his X Factor groups to film Judges’ Houses at his home, with David Walliams a guest judge. Robbie said he and Ayda are waiting for Coco to become a “nightmare”.
But he said: “So far, she hasn’t done anything other than sleep, drink and occasionally smile and then get confused. “Because she doesn’t know what the smile is, but that’s all she’s up to right now is being adorable and not giving us any hassle whatsoever.”
Asked if he would let his kids chase fame like his X Factor hopefuls, he said: “It depends what age they would be and if I was a judge.”
He spoke of a Take That reunion, saying nothing was planned, but “I’d love to do something with the boys”. What he really wants is to stay with X Factor. He said: “I’d love to do next year.”
The X Factor, tonight, 8.35pm, ITV. Judges’ Houses starts tomorrow at 8pm.