Stacey Solomon, 35, ‘regrets’ BBC series following fury over her and husband Joe Swash, 43: ‘Not used to backlash’
Stacey Solomon is believed to be having second thoughts about her and husband Joe Swash’s new reality series, Stacey and Joe.
The Sort Your Life Out presenter and her former EastEnders star partner allowed cameras to follow their lives as they navigate family and career ups and downs in the BBC fly-on-the-wall show, but it is understood Solomon, 35, is concerned about how she has come across in the candid docuseries.
The couple has faced some criticism over the series, with the blended family’s day-to-day lives on display for all to see.
It’s the couple’s relationship that seems to have given fans the most to debate over, though, with the couple providing a candid glimpse into some of the issues that crop up between them.
In one instance, Swash and Solomon even came to verbal blows when they allowed cameras into a very heated therapy session.
Critics have slammed the show for a number of reasons, with some arguing their licence fee shouldn’t be paying for a reality series and others arguing it didn’t deserve a primetime slot in the BBC’s schedule.
Following the public response, former X Factor star Solomon is thought to be “regretting” putting her private life in the spotlight for the in-depth series.
A source explained: “Stacey is regretting signing up to do the show. She’s not used to the backlash they are getting as everything she touches normally turns to gold.”
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Speaking to The Sun, they continued: “She feels like she is coming across as bossy. He can’t manage anything without her, so she is forced to be the ‘grown up’. It’s caused friction.”
During one episode in which the two attended their first couple’s therapy session, it came to light that Swash’s ADHD symptoms often leave his wife frustrated as he gets too “distracted” to be able to help her around the house and with family errands.
When asked by the specialist why they’d decided to try therapy together, Solomon explained: “OK so, Joe has ADHD and we end up having a lot of arguments around things that Joe feels are totally out of his control, that I then don’t know how to manage or rectify or make easier.”
“So that’s why we are here,” she concluded, at which point the therapist replied: “Joe, could you tell me what you think about what Stacey’s just said?”
“So, yeah, I’ve only just been diagnosed recently, so quite a late one in life,” he shared, adding: “So I think I do things differently – I’ll have a task to do and I get distracted.
“So I never finish anything, which I know must be so frustrating. But in my head, all I’m doing is trying my best to do as much as I can for everybody, and a lot of the time I end up pleasing nobody.”
“I understand Joe’s frustration, because he is putting a lot of effort in,” Solomon acknowledged.
She went on to add: “I’ll say, ‘Joe, I really need help with this, I’m really struggling with this,’ and Joe hears that and he wants to support me, but he’ll do other things that aren’t the stuff I’m asking.
“And he’ll get frustrated because he has worked hard and he has put the effort in, but you haven’t done the things I’m directly asking you for so I’ve still got to manage those on my own.”
Affirming her husband’s positive qualities, the Sort Your Life Out presenter went on: “You’re a great dad and you’re an amazing person, but sometimes I don’t think you can take into consideration all the fires I’ve got to put out everywhere.”
Seeming hurt, Swash responded: “I don’t even know what to say. It’s so frustrating when I feel all I’m doing is trying to dedicate myself to my family.”
The former EastEnders star shared: “I do everything I possibly can every minute of the day, and then to sit here and listen to the fact I’m a huge problem…”
“Nobody’s saying that,” Solomon interjected, but Swash argued: “It’s what you hear. I’m this huge problem in Stacey’s perfect life – I don’t hear any positive stuff about me as a person.”