Australian TV presenter Julia Morris has opened up about her recent divorce from Dan Thomas, saying that the break up was “super sad”.
Morris and Thomas split last year, but the ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here’ host has never delved into why they broke up, until now. The comedian told Australian Women’s Weekly, via Daily Telegraph, that she and her ex-husband simply grew apart.
“It’s been super sad,’’ she told the magazine, which is out on Thursday.
“But there’s a lot of layers happening at the same time.
“I’m famous for saying I feel like every year we’re going to break up.
“But it definitely gets to that same point, which is that we are just not necessarily growing in the same direction. And then once you’ve got that in your headspace, the other person starts to become quite a pest.”
She added, “I think that’s where patience starts to wear down to, ‘I’m not living like this. How is this an example for my girls that this is an OK life to lead? No thanks.’”
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Morris revealed that navigating life alone has been a challenge, and said she’s learning to take care of day-to-day tasks that her husband previously did.
“Put it this way, I didn’t know who we banked with when we broke up,” she said.
“You hear about women and you’re like, ‘What do you mean they don’t know anything about the accounts? But if you feel like it’s being taken care of, it’s ‘you do your job and I’ll do my job’. Everyone’s got a different job.
“I don’t have much business with the internet. Now I’ve got to download permission slips from school. And I’ve never worked in an office – I’ve taught myself all that stuff. It’s like an Ikea flatpack – that’s what my life has been since. I have no clue how to put it together but I’m just going to try and sit quietly until it shows itself to me. The girls are now calling me boss lady.”
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