Mummy Diaries EXCLUSIVE: Billie and Greg worry about daughter Nelly, 5, being ‘overexposed’ and whether filming is affecting her school life
She has essentially spent her life growing up in front of the camera.
And Billie Faiers and Greg Shepherd worry about their daughter Nelly, five, being ‘overexposed’ on Wednesday’s episode of The Mummy Diaries.
The concerned parents, aged 30 and 33, also fret about whether filming for their ITV2 family show is affecting Nelly at school.
‘Overexposed’: Billie Faiers and Greg Shepherd worry about their daughter Nelly, five, being ‘overexposed’ on Wednesday’s episode of The Mummy Diaries
In a new spoiler clip, it sees Billie have a heart-to-heart with husband Greg where she reveals she has been approached by someone to create Nelly her own YouTube channel.
And despite Greg saying that it would be ‘unbelievable’, Billie quickly shuts down the idea and adds: ‘No, I just don’t know. Again, I don’t want her to be overexposed.’
She continues: ‘Nelly with her school commitment, clubs she does after school, even trying to get her to do her homework sometimes is a struggle.’
Billie then admits she would rather Nelly be a baker and want a cake shop rather than her own YouTube channel, adding: ‘I pick and choose what she would enjoy doing and what feels most natural.’
Worry: The concerned parents, aged 30 and 33, also fret about whether filming for their ITV2 family show is affecting Nelly at school
Growing up: In a new spoiler clip, it sees Billie have a heart-to-heart with husband Greg where she reveals she has been approached by someone to create Nelly her own YouTube channel (Nelly pictured walking with cousin Paul to school last year)
To which Greg jokes: ‘I do feel Nelly probably gets more job offers than me at the moment!’
Although the protective father adds that he does worry about Nelly being at school and in the public eye.
He says: ‘Do you think with her being in the public eye it could affect her school or anything like that… I get worried a little bit about it to be honest.’
Worries: And despite Greg saying that it would be ‘unbelievable’, Billie quickly shuts down the idea and adds: ‘No, I just don’t know. Again, I don’t want her to be overexposed.’
Fretting: Greg says: ‘Do you think with her being in the public eye it could affect her school or anything like that… I get worried a little bit about it to be honest.’
To which Billie admits: ‘Yeah, so do I but I actually recently went in and spoke to her teacher. I just said obviously we are filming… Nelly sometimes says to me, “Why are we famous?”
‘I just say we are the same as everyone else, darling, filming is just our job, that’s the job that we do.
‘Her teacher said no one brings it up and we only talk about it because Nelly might say, “Oh I’ve been filming or done this over the weekend” but she said it’s definitely not at a stage where it singles her out.’
Hopes: Billie admits she would rather Nelly be a baker and want a cake shop rather than her own YouTube channel
Billie adds that whenever they go out Nelly is always singled out as the ‘star of the show’ and that her daughter always goes shy, to which she suggests they find a relaxing hobby for her.
The parents conclude with: ‘We have put her in this situation, we just need to monitor it. It’s just juggling it and making sure we are dealing with it right, we think we are dealing with it right but who knows?!’
Billie and Greg have daughter Nelly, five, and son Arthur, three, together.
The Mummy Diaries continues on Wednesday night at 9pm on ITVBe.
Parents: The parents conclude with: ‘We have put her in this situation, we just need to monitor it. It’s just juggling it and making sure we are dealing with it right.’