Billie Piper admits ‘huge difficulty’ co-parenting with Laurence Fox

Billie Piper has admitted that co-parenting her two children with Laurence Fox has been “hugely difficult” in a rare comment about their divorce.

this british actressThe 41-year-old has been secretive about her divorce from the actor-turned-political activist. fox In 2016, after nine years of relationship.

Fox, a self-described “anti-woke” activist, found himself in a tough spot. some high profile controversies In recent years – one of his most recent years He was suspended from UK news for ‘misogynistic’ comments He was on the air talking about a female reporter.

Piper admitted in an interview with British Vogue that she has “encountered huge difficulties” co-parenting her two children, ages 11 and 15, with Fox amid such controversy.

“I had to make some choices, and the divorce speaks for itself. Or at least it should,” she said.

The former Doctor Who star said Foxx’s family, including his sister Lydia Foxx and her husband, comedian Richard Ayoade, had a “probably funnier view” of him than she did.

“The most important thing to me is my children’s privacy and anonymity,” she said. “They should not become an extension of their parents but should shape their own identity.”

British Vogue said the interview with Piper was published online on March 15 and was conducted days before the Vogue release. High Court judge rules Fox defamed two men When he called them “pedophiles” on social media.

When asked what she does when drama like this arises at Fox, Piper said: “I shut everything down and keep a very strict routine with the kids so that there’s consistency. I keep them close. It’s That’s all I can do.”

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She hinted that she asked her friends and family not to tell her about Fox, adding: “I try to stop people from telling me things, but it’s really, really hard.

“I don’t read it but everyone wants to talk about it. Sometimes I have to say to people: ‘Please don’t bring this to me, now or ever’.”

She encouraged herself to find a “positive” conclusion, telling an interviewer: “It made me feel stronger in a lot of ways. I discovered that I had a lot of resilience that I didn’t know I had.

“I had to learn the hard way that you can only control yourself and how you react to things. It’s really hard. I hate that.”