“Doing this alone 6 nights a week, trying to heal, trying to work…”
Emma McVey has given her followers an insight into the co-parenting dynamic she shares with Geordie Shore’s Gary (Gaz) Beadle.
Gaz announced last month during a Q&A that he and Emma, who share two children together, were no longer together after two years of marriage.
Since then, the pair have continued to co-parent, with the mum-of-two revealing she has their kids six nights a week.
She took to her Instagram over the weekend to express the joy her children, Chester, 5, and Primrose, 3, bring into her life.
“The strength these two give me is a strength I never knew I had. Somedays are good, somedays are really hard,” she confessed.
“Doing this alone 6 nights a week, trying to heal, trying to work, planning both their birthdays and Christmas in the space of 6 weeks, the mental load alone seriously sends my head into a fuzz most days.
“The guilt eats me alive that my children won’t have the two parent household that I always imagined for them, but I know a happy house is more important.
“To anyone else going through this right now my advice is take it day by day, and if that’s too much, hour by hour.”
While the post was one of love and gratitude, many followers were shocked to learn that the former Geordie star only has his children one night a week, which resulted in Emma switching off the comments under the post.
Instead, she decided that she would address followers on her Instagram stories, asking people to reserve their judgement as there is a lot that is kept out of the public eye.
“I have chosen not to speak to protect my children, I don’t post every single thing I do on stories or a Snapchat because I try keep most part of our lives private. But I am going to speak because I am so tired of having silly opinions all over my posts,” she began.
“I have never and will never take money from their dad. I have always paid 50/50 if not more of everything we have. We separated for so so many reasons of which I do not need to air because I wouldn’t want the kids growing up with it all over the internet.
“A lot has happened that won’t be spoken about, so please do not judge me and think you know my situation. Just because I don’t cry on my socials and tell you all doesn’t mean I haven’t been going through hell.
Last month, Gaz revealed on his stories during a Q&A that he and his now-estranged wife were no longer together.
After a fan asked, ‘It’s personal, but are you & Emma still together?’ the dad-of-two star replied: “Hey, no we actually separated about 3 weeks ago.
“We are still friends, there is no bad blood or anything and we have worked out the best way of doing it for the kids, which for me and Emma is always gunna be the most important thing,” he continued.
“We both deserve to be happy as well as being parents.”
Gaz and Emma first began dating in 2016 and were engaged two years later.
The former couple tied the knot in July 2021.
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