As one of the most beloved and popular faces on television, it’s fair to say that Holly Willoughby is winning at her career, but she recently opened up about her secrets to a successful and lasting marriage.
Holly, who has been married to her TV producer husband Dan Baldwin for almost nine years, revealed that you have to work hard for your ‘happily ever after’.
The 35-year-old told Fabulous magazine: “Marriage is something we have to work at. You’re an idiot if you think you just get married and then you tick along happily ever after for the rest of your life.”
Holly and Dan are parents to three children – six-year-old Harry, five-year-old Belle, and one-and-a-half year old Chester – and she added that she believes, sometimes, you have to work even harder at your relationship after a baby comes on the scene.
“I do believe tiredness has a lot to answer for. Everyone underestimates the effect it has on you as a couple. Whenever I see people breaking up shortly after they’ve had a baby, sometimes I wonder if they’d just given it a little bit longer...or pushed through that tough bit at the beginning...” she said.
Holly’s comments come just days after she and best friend Fearne Cotton admitted that they are “done” having babies.
