‘My 5 kids by 5 different dads is the perfect family set-up!’
Controversial reality star Josie Cunningham is looking forward to her newest arrival in February – and wouldn’t rule out having baby no 6
She first hit the headlines in 2013 after bragging about getting a boob job on the NHS, and was dubbed “Britain’s most hated woman”.
At the time, Josie Cunningham insisted her natural 32A boobs had led to her being bullied all her life. She later admitted she simply wanted 36DD boobs paid for by taxpayers so she could feel more confident and start a career in glamour modelling.
HATE FIGURE
Since then, Josie has regularly courted controversy. She has admitted to smoking while pregnant, considered an abortion so she could go on
Big Brother in 2014, and then terminated a pregnancy so she could go ahead with a nose job in 2015 – only to fall pregnant again before going under the knife so she didn’t have the surgery after all.
Astonishingly, Josie, 29, puts the hatred directed at her in the past down to being “ugly”.
She says, “I’m not really a hate figure any more, though I still say some fairly outrageous things.
“I think everyone hated me because I was minging, but I look so much better now. I have regular fillers, my hair is natural and I stopped the dark fake tan – I get loads of positive comments.”
Josie is currently pregnant with her fifth child – a daughter, who’s due on Valentine’s Day. She already has four children – Harley, 12, Frankie, eight, Grace, five, and Dolly-Blu, three. All of them have different fathers, but Josie insists that’s a good thing and says she wouldn’t change it.
Josie, who lives near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, explains, “I know people will judge, looking at me with my army of children, but I don’t care. I’m not on benefits. Three of the dads help me out financially, but it’s mainly me who makes sure the kids have everything they want using the money
I earned from media appearances.
“I’m still in touch with all but one of the fathers and they are very much part of my children’s lives. Two of them live nearby and will come over on Christmas Day. We’re also going to see a pantomime together. It’s like one big happy family and there’s so much love between us all.
PERFECT MAN
“On Christmas Eve, I’ll snuggle up with the children in our festive PJs and watch Home Alone or Polar Express. Then, on Christmas morning, I’ll wake up with the children and give them their presents – it’s quite difficult to buy for them as they already have pretty much everything they need. But I am getting a cat as we are all really sad that our old cat died. And I’m going to buy them new bikes, too.
“I no longer dream of the perfect man coming along – I’ve been disappointed too often to think that might still happen. I’d rather have five kids with five different fathers, than five with one man who’s a complete a***hole. My family set-up is perfect for me – I’m certainly not ashamed of my situation.”
However, Josie admits she’s struggling to come to terms with the end of her relationship with her unborn fifth child’s father.
They’d been together for three years and he proposed earlier this year. But, six weeks ago, they decided to split up.
She says, “Our relationship was like a fairy tale at the beginning. We fell in love quickly and it seemed perfect. But I suppose that’s often what happens.
“It’s not ideal but I won’t stop him seeing his daughter – I wouldn’t do that. Fortunately I believe he will be a much
better father than boyfriend.”
Meanwhile, Josie is planning her future. After her previous series of media appearances, she claims she earned enough to live for five years without working. But recently she’s started doing beauty courses with a view to eventually opening her own salon.
She says, “I’ve done cosmetic injectables, eye lash and holistic therapy courses. I will open my own place about a year after the baby’s born.”
MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Incredibly, Josie hasn’t given up on the idea of having a sixth child with a sixth father.
She says, “I love my children and miss them when they start growing up and going to school. So I wouldn’t rule out having another. Having said that, I’ve had some medical problems recently and I’m being monitored throughout this pregnancy for abnormal cells on my cervix.
“Hopefully all will be fine. I’m not seeing anyone romantically at the moment, I’m just focusing on the kids.
“But if I never get my happy ever after with a man, I’m not fussed. I’ll be very content being an old lady surrounded by my family and a lot of cats!”
I KNOW PEOPLE WILL JUDGE ME AND MY ARMY OF CHILDREN
BUT I DON’T CARE