She rose to fame in band Hear’Say after appearing on the reality television series Popstars in 2001.
And Kym Marsh has now opened up about life before the limelight as she has detailed the financial struggles she endured while raising her elder children.
The soap star, 46, has revealed that it was ‘tricky getting money together for the week’ when her son David, now 27, and daughter Emilie, now 25, were growing up.
Strain: Kym Marsh has recalled her financial struggle while raising eldest children David, 27, and Emilie, 25, as a single mother before her rise to fame
In a new interview with Prima Magazine, Kym, who is a mother of four, recalled the hardship of raising her eldest children while trying to make it big.
She shares David and Emilie with her former builder fiance Dave Cunliffe, who she split from in 1999, just a year after the birth of their daughter.
But the children never struggled, with the Strictly Come Dancing star sharing: ‘They were well-clothed and fed, although they didn’t have any luxuries. Sometimes it was tricky getting money together for the week.
‘When Emilie was a baby, my sister, Tracey, and I would sometimes go halves on a bag of nappies.
Siblings: Kym gave birth to her eldest children before rising to fame in 2001, with Emilie now 25 and David now 27 (pictured together)
Old times: In a new interview with Prima Magazine, Kym, who is a mother of four, recalled the hardship of raising her eldest children while trying to make it big
Children: She shares David and Emilie with her former builder fiance Dave Cunliffe, while her youngest daughter Polly is fromer her marriage to Jamie Lomas
She recalled: ‘They were well-clothed and fed, although they didn’t have any luxuries. Sometimes it was tricky getting money together for the week’
‘I’d also take the kids to Mum’s if we didn’t have enough money to top up the electric meter. Times were difficult, but we managed, and I made it work,’ she recalled.
Kym has been open about hre strugge before fame after growing up on a council estate in Wigan and falling pregnant as a teenager.
She has previously admitted to living on ‘£80 a week in rented acommodation’ with her two children.
Tough: ‘I’d also take the kids to Mum’s if we didn’t have enough money to top up the electric meter. Times were difficult, but we managed, and I made it work’
Cover girl: She opened up on the struggles whilst appearing on the cover of Prima Magazine
The beauty is also mum to 11-year-old daughter Polly , who she shares with ex-husband Jamie Lomas. While the former couple also welcomed son Archie in 2009, who was born prematurely and died shortly after birth.
Kym is now married to Army Major Scott Ratcliff after they tied the knot last year, as she explained to Prima how the different dynamic of their relationship works well for the couple.
‘As I’ve got older, it’s become clearer to me what I need from a partner and what I can give in return…Scott and I don’t have the luxury of living together full-time as he spends Monday to Friday in barracks,’ she shared.
Continuing: ‘Every weekend he drives miles just to see me for two days…Sometimes I’ll say, “Darling, you don’t need to drive all that way – why don’t you stay down here this weekend?” He just says, “Absolutely not, because there will be lots of times when I can’t get to you.” He really takes care of me in every way possible.’
Happy: Kym is now married to Army Major Scott Ratcliff after they tied the knot last year, as she explained to Prima how the different dynamic of their relationship works well for the couple
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