‘Why does it become selfish all of a sudden?’ Ayda Field says working mothers are NOT treated fairly – and claims husband Robbie Williams is never asked if he feels ‘guilty’ about leaving their children for work
- The model and actress said she is doubtful her husband Robbie Williams feels as ‘selfish’ as she does when she prioritises her career
- Field aid working mothers and fathers are not treated equally and claimed the pop star is never asked if he feels ‘guilty’ about leaving his children for work
- Field married the singer in 2010. Together they raise children Theodora, ten, Charlton, eight, Colette, four, and Beau, three
He’s a pop singer with concerts across the globe, she’s a model and actress – and together they are bringing up four children.
But Ayda Field said she is doubtful her husband Robbie Williams feels as ‘selfish’ as she does when she prioritises her career.
Field, 43, said working mothers and fathers are not treated equally and claimed the pop star is never asked if he feels ‘guilty’ about leaving his children for work commitments.
Speaking out: Ayda Field said she is doubtful her husband Robbie Williams feels as ‘selfish’ as she does when she prioritises her career
Speaking on her Postcards From The Edge podcast, she said: ‘It’s interesting, it’s the same voice that goes in my head – you used the word “selfish”, that mummy has to be “selfish” to do her work.
‘It’s interesting, like I see Rob going off to do his work, and I don’t think he ever thinks of it as being selfish.
‘And it’s interesting as women – and I don’t know if that’s because of what we’ve inherited culturally from our mothers and their mothers, and society, and what’s expected of us – how we do feel guilty when we pursue something that’s ours.
Not happy: Field said working mothers and fathers are not treated equally and claimed the pop star is never asked if he feels ‘guilty’ about leaving his children for work (pictured with daughter Coco in 2020)
‘Or it feels like it’s at the behest of our children, or that it’s wrong to want those things because it’s selfish – that judgment we put in place.
‘It’s that thing where you judge yourself and you do find it selfish sometimes and that voice that you have to fight. Whereas I look at Rob, and I imagine many men, and they don’t feel like it’s selfish.
‘Why do we do that? Why does it become selfish all of a sudden?’
Family: Field married the singer, 48, in 2010. Together they raise children Theodora, ten, Charlton, eight, Colette, four, and Beau, three
Field married the singer, 48, in 2010. Together they raise children Theodora, ten, Charlton, eight, Colette, four, and Beau, three.
The model and actress said she doesn’t think Williams has ever been asked about feeling ‘guilty’ leaving his children for work.
She added: ‘I’ve been there at his interviews and I’ve never heard anyone say, “Do you feel guilty being away from the kids?” Or, “Who’s looking after the kids while you’re on the road?”’
Parents: Robbie and Ayda welcomed daughter Colette, known as Coco, and son Beau via surrogate in 2018 and 2020 respectively (pictured with baby Beau in 2020)
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