Edwina Bartholomew on why she doesn’t sleep with her husband

Television presenter Edwina Bartholomew has revealed that she and her husband Neil Varcoe don’t sleep together, but rather in separate beds in different rooms.

In a column penned for Courier Mail, the Sunrise host said that she believes their sleeping arrangements are the secret to their happy marriage.

“We will be spending [Valentine’s] evening sleeping in separate beds, as we do every night. I’m convinced it’s the secret to our happy marriage (and clearly hasn’t impacted our ability to produce two kids),” she wrote in the column, adding, “It shocks people when they come to our house and see two rooms set up.”

Bartholomew explained that she is a much better sleeper than her husband of ten years, and he would often wake up when they slept in the same bed.

“I’m a fantastic sleeper and he tosses and turns. When I would get up for work, he would struggle to get back to sleep so we decided to trial separate rooms. When we had kids, it continued. I would sleep overnight with the baby in my room and then he would wake up early to take over. Ten years into our relationship and five years into our marriage, it works a charm,” she wrote.

Bartholomew made headlines last month when she apologised to viewers after footage of birds mating was played during a live segment on the morning show.

Edwina was presenting the show alongside Mark Beretta, while regular hosts Nat Barr and Kochie are on holidays, and spoke to Sunrise bird expert Dr Grainne Cleary. During the segment, footage of birds mating in the wild played on TV.

“Grainne, I’ve noticed our bird content has risen exponentially since we found you, and we’re all the more grateful for it,” Edwina said with a laugh. “Thank you so much for coming on this morning.

She added, “And apologies to viewers who had to explain that vision to their children who are watching this morning!”

Mark explained what had happened to a confused Dr Clearly.

“While you were speaking we had great matchmaking moments of birds around the world on the screen. It was a nature experience this morning,” he said.

“Those eagles really were getting on well,” Eddy added.

“The ibises surprised me!” Mark joked, to which Eddy replied, “They always do, Beretts!”

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