Sadie Frost has admitted she fell apart when her children flew the nest, revealing how she struggled to adjust after years of dedicating her life to motherhood.
Speaking on Good Housekeeping UK’s new podcast, My Life In A Biscuit Tin, the 59-year-old actress and director opened up about how difficult it was to transition from a full house to an empty one.
“I’m a bit of a workaholic and I need things to do and to be programmed to do things,” she explained. “Being a mum is the same thing. You get up, you make breakfast, you do the school run, you do all these things. When all that stopped, I fell apart. This was what was my engine. This was what was driving me.”
Despite the initial struggle, Sadie has now embraced being on her own, admitting that while it was scary at first, she’s found a new sense of independence. “Even though it was difficult when [the kids] all left home, it made me embrace being on my own. I had to face that fear of being on my own.”
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She added that she’s thriving now, without feeling the need to put someone else first all the time. “I’ve excelled so much more since I haven’t been with somebody because I think there’s a constant thing of having to keep someone else happy. At the end of the day, I want to get up at 5am and do my yoga – and I’m not compromising unless it’s for my children and close friends.”
Sadie, who shares three children—Rafferty, Iris, and Rudy—with ex-husband Jude Law, and another son, Finlay, with ex-musician husband Gary Kemp, is no stranger to navigating tough personal moments in the public eye.
Her divorce from Law was splashed across the tabloids, and years later, it emerged that much of the personal information published about her had been obtained through illegal phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). She was one of several high-profile victims who took legal action, and in 2015, she was awarded £260,000 in damages as part of a wider £1.2 million payout to those affected.
Reflecting on that painful time, she admitted: “I had very low self-esteem. It really knocked me going through a very horrible, public divorce and all the hacking stuff. I was so weak inside. I wasn’t well really. And it took years to find my feet doing it all on my own, raising four kids on my own and just juggling money.”
Now, though, she’s in a much better place. “I’m feeling really happy and content at the moment. I feel confident. It took me a long time not to care about what people thought.”
As well as embracing her independence, Sadie has been busy directing a new documentary on iconic 60s model Twiggy, showcasing another chapter in her creative journey.
For those keen to hear more, the full episode of My Life In A Biscuit Tin featuring Sadie Frost is available now on all major podcast platforms.
