Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash star in a new six-part BBC reality series together along with their children and family members
Stacey Solomon laid bare the “biggest issue” in her romance with Joe Swash during the freshest episode of the duo’s BBC reality show.
In a candid segment, Stacey, 35, and husband Joe, 43, dipped their toes into couple’s therapy, aiming to tackle recurring conflicts within their household dynamics.
The busy mother disclosed her exasperation with Joe, who often becomes side-tracked when she requests his assistance, leaving her to contend with multiple challenges alone.
“You’re a great dad and an amazing person, but sometimes I don’t think you take into consideration all of the fires I’ve got to put out everywhere,” she admitted to Joe.
Stacey and Joe attended a therapy session
Joe, clearly irked by the critique, retorted: “I don’t even know what to say. It’s so frustrating when I feel like all I’m trying to do is dedicate myself to my family, and do everything I possibly can, every minute of the day. Then, to sit here, and listen to the fact that I’m a huge problem.”
He aired his grievance further: “All I’m hearing is I’m a huge problem in Stacey’s perfect life. I don’t hear any positive stuff about me as a person.”
Stacey then acknowledged: “I would say this is our biggest issue in our whole relationship. I cannot say anything without you taking it so personally, as an attack on you as a whole person.”
The session then took a turn towards reconciliation, with the therapist stepping in and Joe revealing insights into his upbringing and how being diagnosed with ADHD has affected his life, reports Wales Online.
Stacey and Joe star in a new BBC reality series with their family
Stacey and Joe, who tied the knot in 2022, returned to Pickle Cottage, leaving any squabbles behind them.
The duo took an optimistic step forward by deciding to go for another counselling session, even though Joe was initially reluctant.
Stacey shared with her husband: “I found it helpful because I think sometimes we don’t listen to each other,” also acknowledging her tendency to want to “try to fix” things continuously.
Joe conceded that he tends to “jumps the gun” and recognised he needs to reflect more prior to reacting. He suggested: “I think we go back and see her, and take it step by step.”
Stacey & Joe airs on BBC One on Tuesdays at 8pm. All episodes are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
TOTTENHAM’S Europa League semi-final opponents Bodo/Glimt face an absentee crisis ahead of Thursday’s first-leg showdown.
The Norwegian champions are already without three players due to suspension, including influential skipper Patrick Berg.
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Bodo/Glimt will be missing some key players when they face TottenhamCredit: Getty
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Club captain Patrick Berg is suspendedCredit: AFP
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Odin Bjortuft is injuredCredit: Alamy
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Ole Blomberg is also a doubt due to injuryCredit: AFP
But now they are sweating on injuries to key centre-back Odin Bjortuft and winger Ole Blomberg.
Ever-present Bjortuft, 26, was forced off early in the second half of Bodo’s 3-0 league win over KFUM on Sunday with a groin complaint.
Bodo boss Kjetil Knutsen said after the game: “I do not know anything. I never enjoy a player laying down, but the medical staff are looking into it.”
Bjortuft is now a doubt for this week’s trip to North London, along with wideman Blomberg who missed the KFUM game completely due to an injury picked up earlier this month.
Skipper Berg, 27, is banned, due to too many yellow cards, along with midfield partner Hakon Evjen and striker Andreas Helmersen.
The latter netted a crucial goal in the quarter-final triumph over Italian giants Lazio, which added to their impressive list of scalps this season.
Knutsen’s side have already beaten Olympiacos, FC Twente and Besiktas this season.
While they also gave potential final opponents Manchester United a scare by going 2-1 up at Old Trafford in November, only to lose 3-2 thanks to a Rasmus Hojlund double.
Bodo’s domestic campaign has only just kicked off, but they are unbeaten in four league games, winning three of them.
Spurs’ season – and possibly the future of boss Ange Postecoglou – hinges on them going all the way in Europe.
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That is after an horrendous league term where they have lost NINETEEN games, with their latest disasterclass coming at Anfield on Sunday where a 5-1 thrashing handed Liverpool the title.
Postecoglou has been without multiple key players due to injury this season but goes into the Bodo game only worrying about the fitness of captain Son Heung-min.
The South Korean, 32, has missed the last four games with a foot injury.
Supporters of President Trump and counter-protesters converged in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on Sunday in a small but raucous confrontation that included a performance from a pro-Trump punk rock icon and remarks from a disgraced ex-congressman.
At a rally aimed at encouraging voters to leave the Democratic Party, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz portrayed the Republican Party as “patriotic and joyful” while denigrating the opposition as “angry and lonely.”
“They are the movement that allowed this great state to burn,” Gaetz said. “They are the movement that turned what was paradise over to the homeless and illegal aliens.”
Gaetz, currently hosting a political news show for One America News Network from San Diego, had stepped down from his congressional seat after Trump nominated him to be the nation’s attorney general. The nomination sparked controversy because Gaetz was previously under investigation by the Department of Justice for allegations of child sex trafficking. After a long-running probe, prosecutors did not file charges.
Matt Gaetz spoke Sunday at a Beverly Hills rally that aimed to persuade Democrats to drop their party registration and join Republicans.
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Gaetz ultimately withdrew himself from consideration for the attorney general post. In December, the House Ethics Committee reported that it had found evidence that he abused drugs and paid for sex, including with a minor, while serving in Congress.
Gaetz’s scandal-ridden history went unmentioned at the rally Sunday, where he beckoned those disaffected with the left to join Republicans.
“If you come to our side,” he told a few hundred attendees, “we will welcome you with a patriotic embrace.”
Though tense at times, the rally, dubbed the “American Restoration Tour,” was largely peaceful, with the exception of a small fight and an arrest. Private security guards tackled a man who appeared to be wearing a kilt and yelling. He appeared to be handcuffed by police officers as Trump supporters chanted “U.S.A.”
One person was arrested at the rally on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, said Beverly Hills police Sgt. Richard Billingsley, although it was unclear if it was the same individual seen detained by officers. No additional details about the incident were available Sunday evening.
Members of the #WalkAway movement rallied Sunday in West Hollywood, urging others to leave the Democratic Party.
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The rally was held in Beverly Gardens Park, a lush green space that runs parallel to Santa Monica Boulevard and has been the site of frequent demonstrations in support of Trump. Although much of the affluent Westside skews liberal, Beverly Hills is home to neighborhoods that repeatedly voted for Trump.
Shiva Bagheri, the organizer of some pro-Trump gatherings there in 2020, told the crowd that she fled Iran because of the impact of “radical Islam” on the nation. Bagheri said she voted for President Obama, but the “bubble was popped” because he gave “boatloads of cash to Iran.”
A through-line of the roughly two-hour rally were speakers like Bagheri: former liberals who felt disenfranchised by the Democratic Party and became full-throated Trump supporters.
Actress Natalie Beisner, who voted for Hillary Clinton and Obama, said the pandemic shutdowns made her rethink her political views. Beisner said that due to the shutdowns, she lost two jobs and her grandmother died alone, while at the same time, protesters prompted by the death of George Floyd could gather en mass. When she raised such concerns, Beisner said she was called racist and selfish.
“These people refused to acknowledge that I might have an honest reason for disagreeing with them. There was no conversation,” she said. “So I walked away from the Democrat Party because for the first time in my life, I connected my suffering directly to Democrat policies.”
Before the rally, which was organized by the creator of the #WalkAway social media campaign encouraging voters to leave the Democratic Party, Trump supporters gathered in the heart of the LGBTQ+ community in West Hollywood to march into Beverly Hills.
As diners along Santa Monica Boulevard brunched on patios and took in a drag queen performance, several dozen pro-Trump marchers chanted, “Walk away from hate.”
Anti-Trump protesters and members of the #WalkAway movement confronted one another Sunday in West Hollywood.
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A slightly larger number of counter-protesters had gathered nearby, yelling, “No KKK! No fascist USA! No Trump!”
A West Hollywood resident who went by the name Anniejump came with a loud speaker and pink bandannas. She called the group “bigots” who came to the community of West Hollywood “to attack queers.”
“Anybody who doesn’t like fascists wants them out of town,” Anniejump said.
But the LGBTQ+ community is not monolithic in its political views.
Hunter Gibson, a 29-year-old gay man, told The Times that he felt that in places like West Hollywood, “if you don’t think a certain way, you’re ostracized.” Conservative groups, he said, were more open to dialogue.
At the rally, several speakers focused on the transgender community. After the event, Brandon Straka, a gay man and the founder of the #WalkAway campaign behind Sunday’s event, expressed concern about transitioning by underage people.
Brandon Straka, the founder of #WalkAway, marches in West Hollywood on Sunday as part of a campaign to persuade Democrats to join the Republican Party.
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Straka was pardoned by Trump in January after being convicted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for taking part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“I think you can be pro-transgender and also recognize that there’s a culture that’s too permissive, that’s turning people into permanent victims, especially people who are not actually transgender,” he said in an interview.
Cherie Currie, the former lead singer of the Runaways, sang “Cherry Bomb” at the rally.
The 1976 song was a subversive celebration of female sexuality and rejection of the patriarchy by an all-female band. Currie has since become a supporter of the “Gays Against Groomers” movement.
