Charlotte Crosby 'on verge of nervous breakdown' after 'disagreement' with fiancé

Charlotte Crosby won our hearts on MTV’s Geordie Shore with her hilarious shenanigans and drunken capers. It’s been 14 years since that first series aired, and a lot has changed for the Sunderland native.

For a start, she’s now a busy mum to Alba Jean, two, and five-month-old Pixi Cecilia, who she shares with her fiancé Jake Ankers. Now the 35-year-old has added a new string to her bow, in the shape of her debut novel, a coming-of-age story called Lucky Break.

It’s a fun summer read set in the wild world of reality TV, full of scandal and laugh-out-loud characters. Here, the bubbly TV personality opens up about how she lucked out with her “angel” children – and how excited she is to add ‘published author’ to her list of achievements.

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Hi, Charlotte! You sound like a busy woman at the moment…

It feels like I’m on the verge of a nervous breakdown every day. I’ve got two kids, I’m filming a TV show for Paramount plus a reality show about my life, and I’m bringing out this book.

I’ve got three businesses. It’s not for the faint of heart. I think only a small percentage of people could deal with this.

Alba has been going through a phase of biting her little sister – how’s she doing now?

She’s still very much in the phase of wanting to hurt Pixi. Listen, you always have to have that little chat with them and ask, “Why would you want to hurt your little sister? You love her.” It’s a stage.

How do you ground yourself in those difficult moments?

Alba is actually an angel –mostly – and Pixi is an angel, the happiest little baby. So we have just never had moments where I ever feel that angry, you know? I have more moments where I’m in fits of laughter, because Alba is the funniest little girl.

She’s such a character. So, luckily, I’m laughing more than I’m thinking about how to control a tough moment.

Would you say that you and Jake share similar parenting styles?

Sometimes we totally agree on everything, sometimes we don’t. But I think when the children get older, there’ll be an element of like, “Okay, Jake, that’s yours to handle, and I’ll do this.”

How do you feel about your children seeing Geordie Shore one day?

Geordie Shore is now two decades old. I’m never going to say, “Know what we should do? Sit down and watch Geordie Shore.” My mum would never have said to me, “Do you know what we should do, Charlotte? We should get out all my home movies from when I used to go out on the weekend with my friends.”

And I would never, as a daughter, be like, “Yeah, shall we?” I’d be like, “Oh, no, I’m so embarrassed.”

It’s a rite of passage to be embarrassed by your parents!

Exactly. It’s so uncool. So I know that moment is never going to come where Alba wants to watch her mum get drunk on TV. I’m going to tell her of all the fun stuff I’ve done but I’m not going to tell her about everything.

I used to be embarrassed if my mum was even drunk when I had my friends around. In 10 years’ time, when Alba is 12, I honestly think her generation will not have a clue what the f**k Geordie Shore is.

What are your hopes for your kids as they get older?

To try loads of different things. I didn’t have any hobbies when I was little. I didn’t go to dance, gymnastics, I didn’t own an instrument. I feel like I just didn’t have anything, which upsets me now, because I think if I had, I would be quite talented now, because I do stick at things.

I’d like them to dabble in a lot of different things, and if they love something, I’d love them to just keep at it.

Haven’t you guys recently bought a villa in Spain?

Yes, we have! And I got my hair done there by someone from Essex. She’s lived there since she was seven and is fluent in Spanish because she was young enough. That is something that I’m constantly thinking about, because
we’re going to be over in Spain a lot. The girls could pick up Spanish quite easily because they’re so young.

What made you decide to go into fiction writing?

I was approached to do it and I was like, “Yes!” I suddenly found myself driving and thinking about all these stories, what it would be called. After the call with the publisher I already had the title, the plotline, everything in my
head as if it had been there for years. I’m excited. I just want it to hurry up and be out now.

Are any of the characters inspired by people you know in real life?

Well, I did say to my friends Holly [Hagan] and Sophie [Kasaei] that there are two girls in this book – but I don’t want you to get carried away. They’re not you guys, so don’t get offended or anything when one of them’s s****ing everyone in sight!

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