Stacey Solomon has pushed back at rumours that her marriage to Joe Swash is on the brink, saying much of what is said about their relationship is simply not true. Speaking on the latest episode of the Sort Your Life Out Unpacked podcast, Solomon said the pair are dealing with the same messy realities as any other couple.
“Half the time what they’re saying, we know it’s not true,” she said, adding that being in a relationship is hard work. Solomon, who shares three children with Swash, said there are moments when she is “fancying the pants off him” and others when she wants him to stay away, which is why she sees them as no different from anyone else trying to make a partnership last.
The comments land at a moment when speculation about the couple has again spilled into public view, including rumours that their marriage could be heading for divorce. Solomon did not talk around the chatter. She answered it head-on, using the podcast to argue that the outside version of their life bears little resemblance to the one they live at home.
That home life, by her own telling, is ordinary to the point of comedy. “We are the most mundane celebrities you’ll ever meet,” Solomon said, describing a routine that is far removed from the glossy image people may imagine. “There’s nothing exciting about us,” she said. “We’re not going to go to, like, fancy events. We’re just going to go home, clean up duck poo and argue with each other about beans on a sofa.”
Solomon and Swash have been together for years, but she said the start of the relationship was anything but immediate. After she won I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, the pair met, and Solomon said Swash remembers that day vividly even though she does not. She said it took three years for them to get together.
The latest remarks follow a familiar pattern for Solomon, who has previously spoken openly about the rough edges of marriage. Last year, she said she and Swash love a good row and sometimes sleep in separate beds. On the podcast, she doubled down on that view, saying argument is part of the deal rather than a sign that something is broken. “I think the best thing to do in a relationship is fall out,” she said. “Have that argument, say it out loud, communicate.”
She also described their schedules as another reason the relationship can look less polished from the outside. Solomon said she is often in bed by 9pm while Swash stays up until 1am, a contrast that points to the ordinary compromises behind the public image. Her message was blunt: the marriage may not look tidy, but it is still theirs. “How can you not fall out with your husband? That’s a pipe dream!” she said.
The broader story is not that the couple is untouched by tension. It is that Solomon has chosen to treat that tension as evidence of a real marriage rather than a failing one. By her account, the answer to the split rumours is simple: the relationship is imperfect, occasionally noisy and sometimes separate-bed tired, but it is not on the brink.
