EPIC CHARITY MISSION
Being in your 50s is such a powerful, important stage in life MELINDA ON BEING HAPPIER IN HER 50S
fame. “He was asked if he would be interested in taking part in Love Island a few years ago, but he didn’t want to do it,” says Melinda.
“He told me, ‘Mum, I am happy and I have got a girlfriend. I am not interested’. He has a personality TV would love. He works in sales and I think he would do well in the industry, but he is very much himself and doesn’t feel any need to be anything but that.”
Her other children – Flynn, 20, and Evie, 19 – feel much the same as Morgan.
“My kids are more private than I am but they know what makes them happy,” says Melinda.
“Flynn is very passionate about music and works as a landscape gardener and my daughter Evie is very interested in conservation and animal welfare.
“I will support them with whatever they want to do in life – but no, they don’t want to follow in my footsteps.
“I guide and offer my thoughts but I am proud of them and at the end of the day, they must do what they think is right and lead their own lives.
“We are all very close and I feel very lucky because they are still living at home with me. It is lovely.”
Melinda says she is now happily single. She was married to Wayne Roberts for 14 years but divorced him in
2012 and went on to several other relationships. Her last known romance was with former Royal Marine Chris Harding who she met on Celebrity First Dates, but that ended after eight months in 2019.
She says: “I am very happy. I have been in relationships since I was 18 and I really wanted a good solid chunk of time where it was just me. And I just had to think about my kids.”
■■Melinda’s Nepal trek takes place from April 5 to 15. The trek is six days long with overnight stops at lodges and tea houses. Daily walking averages 5 to 6 hours. If you’d like to join her, email Adventure Boutique at contact@theadventureboutique.org