With their divorce finalised just this month, actress Paula has opened up on how she has been adjusting to life after marriage.
Appearing on The Meredith Vieira Show, the 39-year-old said that while she feels like “a real woman now”, the journey has been met with plenty of challenges – particularly with the couple’s four-year-old son, Julian.
She recalled: “I took a lot of time off to be with him and then I had to pack for a trip because I had to go to work, and he said, ‘Mommy, I don’t want you to go to work.’”
“It’s the challenge of being a working mother and it’s the first time he ever said that to me, because I did the work when he was a baby but now he is more aware of everything, so what are you going to do? It’s sort of the trials and tribulations of being a woman. Right?” she added.
Paula, who had been in a relationship with Blurred Lines singer Thicke since they were teenagers, admitted candidly: “I cried. I called my mom and I cried, and she said, ‘Darling, I had to work. We all hear that.’”
Paula’s comments come just days after presenter Denise Van Outen opened up on raising her daughter following her split from husband Lee Mead.
