Peter Andre, 52, reveals downside to age gap relationship with wife Emily, 35
The musician and TV star, 52, married doctor Emily, 35, in 2015, soon after welcoming children Amelia, 11, Theo, nine, and one-year-old Arabella. Peter also has two children, Junior, 19, and Princess, 17, with former wife Katie Price.
Peter and Emily have experienced some backlash against their 16-year age gap, which the I'm A Celebrity contestant defended in a new interview.
In his column for New! magazine, Peter discussed Stephen Fry, 67, speaking about the age gap in his marriage with Elliott Spencer, 38, and how Peter and Emily's age difference 'works' for them.
'It all depends on the relationship, how the partners are with each other, and how they view things, I think. There's a 16-year gap between me and Emily, and it really works for us,' he wrote.
However, he did muse over one incident where their generational gap was very noticeable.
'There's one thing we do laugh about, though… We were at the Pride of Britain awards one year and Jon Bon Jovi came over to chat. I've met him many times over the years and he's a lovely person,' he continued.
After the introduction, Peter was shocked to discover Emily had no idea who the legendary rock star was, asking her husband 'What's a Bon Jovi?'
'We laughed about that a lot afterwards! It's in those moments we may realise the age gap – usually with music and films – but in general, we love the same things. I think it's what works for you in a relationship. Who are we to judge?' he said.
Peter, who is currently on screens in controversial thriller comedy Jafaican, met Emily in 2012, with them tying the knot three years later.
He previously discussed not opting for a pre-nuptial agreement before tying the knot, saying: 'I think it does depend on upbringing. So some cultures think that you should always keep your own money, some think you should all be together.
'But as you grow older, you start to figure it out yourself. I know with Emily at the start I had different views to what I've got now. I mean, we don't have a prenup. We've got children together.' More Trending
Last year, Peter said he and Emily were 'pretty sure' Arabella would be their last child, with the singer speaking out numerous times about the prospect of having a vasectomy.
'I appeared on Loose Women last week to promote the Frankie Valli tour and one of the topics we discussed is whether a man should get a vasectomy,' he wrote back in February.
'Having children is a big decision. We frequently expect the woman to have to find a way and take measures not to become pregnant, but actually I realise that us men have a responsibility too.
'The problem is, like many, I'm a bit scared of having that kind of procedure. I know, call me a wimp. Who knows? Never say never, I guess.'
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Janet Street-Porter is the straight-talker's straight talker. Nobody says it how it is quite like her, whether she's talking about how she 'hated' her mother, tried to kill her sister or cheated on her four ex-husbands. The former TV executive, newspaper editor, author and Loose Women regular is now going on the road with a one-woman show called Off the Leash. To be fair, she's never been on it. Street-Porter's website heralds her as 'the nation's favourite pissed-off pensioner' and promises that, with the new show, 'in the words of her good friend Elton … 'the bitch is back!'' We meet at a restaurant she has booked in west London. When I get there, she's already perusing the menu and eavesdropping on the couple behind us. 'That man behind us is very irritating,' she stage-whispers. 'He's giving this woman advice about making friends.' My back is to him. What does he look like, I ask. She sticks two fingers down her throat and makes a gagging noise. Street-Porter, 78, has been famous for ever. She is one of the giants of British media, and has always stood out – a loud-mouthed, working-class woman in an urbane, upper-middle-class men's world; an aesthete with a love of pop culture and opera, often dismissed as a philistine because she was born with neither silver spoon nor plum in her mouth. The young Janet Bull (Street-Porter is her first husband's surname) was bright, swotty and rebellious. She grew up in Fulham, London. Her mother was a dinner-lady and her father an engineer. When, one day, her father announced they were moving to the suburban hell of Perivale, she regarded it as the ultimate betrayal and never forgave her parents. She worked hard and plotted her escape. Street-Porter was in her second year studying architecture when she discovered journalism. She quit the degree and got a job working on a fashion magazine. By her early 20s, she was deputy fashion editor at the Daily Mail. Fast-forward a few years and she was presenting youth TV shows (thereafter known as 'yoof' because of her pronunciation). By her 40s, she was a TV exec, commissioning groundbreaking shows such as comedy classic Red Dwarf and the music/current affairs mash-up Network 7 for Channel 4. In her 50s, she became the editor of the Independent on Sunday. Even those who didn't give a hoot about media or telly recognised Street-Porter because she was relentlessly parodied by Spitting Image; all teeth, specs and estuary English. The caricatures were both cruel and celebratory – a reflection of her outlandish qualities and a tribute to her huge success. Were her parents proud when she achieved so much at such a young age? 'No. They were outraged I worked for the Daily Mail!' What would have been their paper of choice? 'Reynold's News, the Co-op newspaper. That would have been my dad's. He would have wanted me to work for a leftwing newspaper. 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She tells me it was the kind of house where she didn't speak unless spoken to. Her mother was beyond the pale, she says, and tells a story to illustrate the point. She would take her walking in north Wales as a child and tell her a lake they passed was deep and dangerous. Decades later, Street-Porter discovered the lake was only about 3ft deep. Maybe she made a mistake, I suggest. 'You mean my mother telling me that a Welsh lake was super deep and scary was a mistake?' she fumes. I'm only giving her the benefit of the doubt, I say. 'Oh, I've never given my mother the benefit of the doubt.' The waitress approaches. 'Can you tell me something? Last week or the week before, did you have a duck salad?' 'No, but we have burrata with parma ham and figs,' the waitress says. 'No it was duck,' Street-Porter insists. She scans the menu again. 'I'll have the club Cobb salad, and the alcohol-free beer.' She turns back to me. ''I read in the Mail last week that non-alcoholic beer is bad for you. 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But that was the right thing to do because they were in awe of you. They weren't going to treat you like some little piece of fluff.' She pauses. 'It was so tough to get on, not using the tricks you could use.' What tricks? 'The bimbo factor. I'm very proud of my career, which I achieved entirely on merit. Not just my outrageous ambition, but my determination. I was very single-minded.' She says some people were determined to do her down. 'It culminated in a newspaper saying I'd only done well because I was having an affair with a senior executive. It was rubbish.' Did it ever make her want to get out? 'God, no! I thought, 'Fuck this, I'm not leaving.' I've clawed my way up the pyramid of power to senior executive at the BBC. You don't get that far by shagging someone. There was also a lot of backstabbing. And a lot of manoeuvring.' Who backstabbed you? 'Who knows? Who cares? I wouldn't be bothered. I'd be doing it to other people – you'd expect it. 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