The Sort Your Life Out host got emotional as she shared some of her favourite memories with Joe Swash as part of a social media ‘throwback to 2016’ viral challenge
Stacey Solomon has shared an adorable set of photographs from a decade ago, including one remembering the time she “fell in love” with her now husband Joe Swash. The Loose Women and Sort Your Life Out host jumped on the viral ‘2016 challenge’ and released a carousel of snaps of her highlights of a decade ago, before she and Joe married and became a blended family of eight.
The 36-year-old telly favourite said 2016 felt “like a lifetime ago” and like she was living a totally different life to the one she has today. Her first photo was one of her and Joe sunbathing, which she captioned “the year I fell in love”. The holiday was six years after they first met, when Stacey won I’m A Celebrity and Joe, now 43, was hosting the spin-off show.
The couple – who are now parents to Rex, 6, Belle, 4, and two-year-old Rose – made their first public appearance together in March that year, and Stacey revealed she was already thinking about “babies” with him a few months later. They married in 2022 and have since created their dream home at Pickle Cottage, complete with swimming pool, farm animals, and stunning interiors.
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Her 2016 album also included another holiday snap, showing the pair copying the famous Lady and the Tramp film scene by sharing a string of spaghetti. She revealed the trip was the first holiday the new couple went on with her older children from previous relationships, Zachary and Leighton, 17 and 13.
In another, she poked fun with a Halloween memory of her presenter husband, who is also dad to Harry, by joking, “no idea what Joe was going for. Been taking this season seriously since day 1”.
Stacey’s deep-dive into her camera archive appeared to trigger a host of emotions, and she included a crying face emoji in the caption. “No because truly the 2016 trend makes me feel like I have had a previous life, why does 10 years feel like a lifetime ago,” she wrote.
“Also HOW DID I WIN THE CHASE. And genuinely still to this day none of us know what Joe Swash dressed up as for Halloween 2016. hope these make you smile as much as they did me while I was looking through them!”
Her oldest son Zachary made a special appearance in the album, in a black-and-white photo she captioned: “My Zachary who turns 18 in 2 months. WTAF”. Leighton was also included, as she shared a snap of herself cuddling up to the youngster when he was “Rose’s age now”.
There were plenty of solo moments and memories in the collection too, with a snap of the first time she tried surfing, and the first time she appeared in panto, playing the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella shortly after co-presenting I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp with Joe in Australia.
Source: Mirror
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