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jamie oliver’s Wife Jules has admitted parenting their teenage daughter has been “brutal” and “heartbreaking”.
The celebrity chef and former model, who met when they were 18 and have been married for 25 years, have daughters Poppy, 23, Daisy, 23, Petal, 16, and sons Buddy, 15, and River, eight.
Jules explained that this is “particularly cruel to girls and their mothers” in the late teenage years, when emotions run high in the home.
“My 16-year-old self isn’t particularly friendly to me right now, and it’s kind of heartbreaking,” she said. good Housekeeping,
“But I’ve done it twice and I know not to be stupid and try to let it go. It’s hard when you’re living it, and 10 years is a long time to wait for them to come back to you, but they do”.
Oliver said that his wife “understandably takes it personally, and it’s not that I’m watching it from too far away, but I’ve learned to step back when possible”.
The TV chef said he’s also experiencing change in his relationship with his eldest son Buddy, who has released his own cookbook let’s Cook As of last year, he gained more than 87,000 followers on his Instagram page, where he posts about cooking.
“He’s at that age where [sometimes it feels like] He’s almost fighting it because he feels like it’s imposed by me,” Oliver said of his son’s burgeoning culinary career.
He acknowledged that Buddy’s activities may have been “inspired” by his own enthusiasm for cooking and “being a partner in crime”.
Oliver found stardom in the twenties in the BBC Two series naked chef After the BBC focused attention on him in a 1997 documentary Christmas at the River Café,
He first met his wife when a friend convinced him to go on a double date with Jules when they were teenagers living in Essex. They later moved to London as a couple.
The chef previously reflected on their enduring romance, saying: “Luckily, we were able to solidify our relationship before everything started. Then we did it together.”