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Mikie O'Loughlin

Suzanne Jackson: 'I have personal and family stuff going on behind the scenes that people don't know about'

Suzanne Jackson has said there is stuff going on behind the scenes in her personal life and family that people don't know about.

The TV presenter and influencer looks like she is living the dream with an incredible business, a hunky husband, and a new life in Portugal but she has said she is not happy all of the time - and has ups and downs like everyone, RSVP Live report.

She lifted the lid on a typical day for her and her husband Dylan O'Connor in the sun as she moves onto a new chapter in her life.

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Suzanne said: "No one is happy 100 percent of the time and nothing goes swimmingly all of the time either - that is life.

"But, I did today on the way home from the gym, have a moment of gratitude. The roof was down on the car; the sun was splitting the stones; I had the music on; I had just left my Pilates class and I felt good and thankful. I just thought, 'Wow, this is the life'"

She told VIP Magazine: "But - am I happy and is life amazing all the time? Of course not! There is stuff going on behind the scenes - personal stuff and family stuff - that people don't know about and never will.

"But, I try to always see the silver lining, that is just the way I am programmed.

"My mum always says, if you throw your problems into a pile with everyone else's, you would take your own back out in a hurry!"

Suzanne and her husband Dylan O'Connor married in 2017 and first moved to Portugal in 2021. They now balance life between the Iberian sunshine and their home in Ireland. They returned there once again earlier this summer after her successful stint on Dancing with the Stars.

Irish blogger Suzanne Jackson's married husband Dylan O'Connor in 2017 (@sosueme_ie Instagram)

She said: "Dylan is a routine driven man and need structures so we get up early and we have our pre-work out shake, we go to the gym, we do a spin class together or a workout, we will then go to the sauna/steam room/ice bath and after that we reward ourselves with a healthy breakfast and have a chat about what we are going to do for the day.

"Normally, I do a couple of hours work because it is hot then and the we may hit the beach and go for lunch.

"I bring my iPad so I can take a few work calls, then we came home, shower and go out for dinner together.

"That is a typical day and it doesn't change much from that unless we have guests here. Then we might go golfing or if my mum and dad are here we will chill by the pool more."

Suzanne is in a new chapter of her life after stepping back from her business and she is now a new "version of Sue."

She explained: “I wanted to make changes. I felt very stuck in the last couple of years in SOSU and in Dripping Gold.

"I just felt kind of numb, stuck in a cycle of launching product and it wasn’t that I got bored because that sounds like I am unappreciative of all we achieved, I just felt unchallenged.

"So when my CEO Caroline Dalton started in October and the DWTS opportunity fell into my lap. I wanted to become a new version of me and that may sound funny to some people, but I was sick of being that version of Sue."

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