Cheryl gets emotional in a new interview about motherhood.
As we reported in August 2018, the Love Made Me Do It singer and Liam Payne — who share 2-year-old son Bear — announced their split on social media.
Related: Getting Dumped Is The Story Of Liam Payne’s Life!
In an interview with The Telegraph published over the weekend, the Girls Aloud starlet opened up about co-parenting with the former One Direction band member.
In regards to how giving birth has changed her life, the 35-year-old said:
“Everything changed for me from the moment Bear was born… My old brain came out of my head, and all my worries, anxieties and feelings of emptiness went, and a new brain replaced it. I knew the word ‘fulfilled’ but I’d never known what that felt like.'”
The X Factor judge added:
“Money, fame, success should have made me feel that but they never did, which is probably why I looked for it in my relationships with men, but that never worked either… I was always angry at myself. And then even though I’d had a really tough pregnancy because I had gestational diabetes, I felt more peaceful. The moment I held him in my arms I had that feeling: fulfillment. It’s stayed with me. And I’ve changed so much. I really have.”
Cheryl also discussed how she differs from Liam as a parent.
“I’m the strict one; Liam isn’t. I’ll be the one saying, ‘Just one square of chocolate,’ but Bear is so good… If I get cross with him he puts his little hands on my face and looks into my eyes to see if I’m deadly serious or a tiny bit cross, and it melts my heart… Liam is a great dad. He’s much softer than me.'”
While referencing their split, she said:
“But it is what it is, and I’m OK about it. When you have a baby, you are not consumed with just thinking about yourself. It’s your responsibility to keep things settled and happy, so you make the best of everything. And we have.”
When asked if she is looking for love, the singer exclaimed:
“Not right now – it’s so not something I’m even thinking about. I wouldn’t rule it out maybe at some point in the distant future. But it’s not a priority. I’ve found the love of my life and he’s absolutely enough for me.”
However, Cheryl does want more kids in the future.
“You don’t necessarily need to be in a relationship. I’ve got a friend who has had two children using donors. Not everything has to be conventional. You can spend ages looking for the right man, waiting for the perfect time to get pregnant, then the right man might turn out to be the wrong man. There are definitely other routes I would consider.”
[Image via WENN.]
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