Ayda Field: “After I gave birth he described the experience as watching his favourite pub burn down”
They wed in 2010 and Ayda Field revealed the secret to her long-lasting marriage to Robbie Williams is they both share the same “strange” sense of humour.
The actress admitted it has been a long road for the couple – Robbie dumped her after a few weeks of dating to go to rehab – but they have made it work because they are both “very happy to be more than a little bit ridiculous”.
Case in point, Ayda recalled the time her musician beau live-tweeted her giving birth to their second child, one-year-old son Charlton, in 2014.
“After I gave birth to Charlie he described the experience as like ‘watching his favourite pub burn down’. How many wives would put up with that?” she said.
But asked whether she wanted to shove Robbie’s mobile phone some place the sun doesn’t shine during the ordeal, she said: “I thought the idea was genius. It took my mind off everything – especially the pain.”
She added: “Rob and I both have this strange sense of comedy which always involves us being the butt of our own jokes. There is a massive degree of showing off and being these crazy characters.
“There are things about Rob and me that are incredibly alike. To want to perform comes from a place of insecurity and people-pleasing, which we both share.
“But it’s a healthy outlet. There are a lot of people out there taking themselves far too seriously. We are very happy to be more than a little bit ridiculous. It’s acting out in a way that doesn’t do anyone any harm,” she added to the Daily Mail.
And there may be another opportunity for Robbie to come up with a “genius” plan to distract his wife after she revealed they both want more children.
“(We) have been lucky to have ‘a healthy, happy boy and girl. I’m at an age where there are no guarantees,” she confessed.
“But we’d both like more kids. Being parents suits us. Having kids has been the best thing for both of us.”
The couple also share three-year-old daughter, Theodora ‘Teddy’ Rose.
(source: The Mirror)