Tamzin: If he wants to have kids he can leave
Actress is happy for boyfriend, 28, to start a family
FEELING FREE Tamzin Outhwaite
TAMZIN Outhwaite says she would give her younger boyfriend her blessing to leave her to have children if he wanted to start a family.
The ex-EastEnders actress, 49, who has two children from her former marriage to actor Tom Ellis, has been dating Tom Child, 28, for two years.
Tamzin, who is mum to Florence, 11, and Marnie, seven, said: “After my experiences in life, I don’t think I think everything is always for ever.
“He hates me saying this, but if in a couple of years he really wanted kids I would give him my blessing.
“I don’t feel like he has to be here for ever. I’m just having a lovely time.”
Speaking on the Postcards from Midlife podcast, Tamzin says dating in her 40s was freeing. “It’s liberating because I’ve got my kids,” she said.
“I don’t need to get married and I don’t need children. I’m at the freest point in my life.
“Having somebody that makes my day to day bright and exciting and fun... he’s like my home, very familiar. But at the same time he feels like my adventure.”
Her marriage ended in 2013, and she admitted she found dating “mucky”. “I’m a serial monogamist,” she said. Tamzin, who is rumoured to be appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, has said of her relationship to the Scareycrows actor: “People think I’m having a midlife crisis, but not all men want a younger woman. “Tom’s very good for my mental and physical health. “The other way around, no one says anything about a younger woman, do they?’”
With ‘fun’ Tom Child