Una Healy spoke about how she negotiates her relationship with her ex-husband Ben Foden for the sake of their children as she appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday.
The singer, 39, split from the rugby player, 35, in 2018 after Ben allegedly cheated on her with PR girl, Becky Milne, who denied the claims.
During the interview, Una, who is mum to Aoife, eight, and Tadhg, six, talked about why she believes it is important to ‘preserve the best relationship with their dad, even though he is far away’.
Family: Una Healy spoke about how she negotiates her relationship with her ex-husband Ben Foden for the sake of their children on Lorraine on Tuesday
Just one year after their split, Ben married his second wife Jackie Belanoff Smith on board a luxury yacht in Nantucket, Massachusetts, two weeks after they started dating.
The socialite announced her pregnancy soon after, and the couple welcomed their daughter, Farrah Abra Foden, in May last year. They are now based in the US.
Lorraine told Una: ‘I congratulate you for making sure that’s worked for them, because the children are the most important things, aren’t they?’
Una said: ‘They absolutely are, they are my world, Aoife and Tadhg, they really are.
Co-parenting: Una, who is mum to Aoife, eight, and Tadhg, six, talked about why she believes it is important to ‘preserve the best relationship with their dad, even though he is far away’
Praised: Lorraine told Una: ‘I congratulate you for making sure that’s worked for them, because the children are the most important things, aren’t they?’
Mature: Una said: ‘They absolutely are, they are my world, Aoife and Tadhg, they really are. They’re still so young as well so it’s important to preserve the best relationship as possible’
Good mum: ‘I always try and nurture that relationship that they have, they communicate… they were just on FaceTime yesterday,’ she added
‘They’re still so young as well so it’s very important to preserve the best relationship as possible with their dad, although he does live very far away and he has a new wife and a child.
‘I always try and nurture that relationship that they have, they communicate… they were just on FaceTime yesterday.
‘He sees them when he can and I will always try and protect that relationship as best as possible and because I’m in the public eye, I get asked about him, I would never bad-mouth him or say anything bad because I don’t think that’s fair on the kids.
Divorce: The singer, 39, split from the rugby player, 35, in 2018 after Ben allegedly cheated on her with PR girl, Becky Milne, who denied the claims (pictured in 2018)
‘That’s just how I feel on the whole thing.’
The Saturdays star relocated back to Ireland following the breakdown of her marriage.
She went on to have a relationship with David Breen, but split from him last year.
The songstress is now looking to date again and her only criteria is that they are a ‘nice person’.
Talking about a disastrous date with the host, Una said: I’m finished with dating apps.
Moved on: Just one year after their split, Ben married his second wife Jackie Belanoff Smith on board a luxury yacht in Nantucket, Massachusetts and welcomed a daughter last May
‘We were chatting for weeks, I had a Skype dinner date. I was going to meet him and then I got a text saying: “I’ve just been knocked down, hit by a van” and he said he felt concussed.
Una explained how the date told her he went to hospital and when they eventually did go on for a walk, they didn’t hit it off.
She said:’That’s the danger of online dating. Building this date up in your head but it could be a let down.’
Earlier this week, Una talked about her divorce from Ben in an interview with The Sun.
Ready to mingle! The Irish singer, who split from boyfriend David Breen last year (pictured), said she is now looking to date again and her only criteria is that they are a ‘nice person’
She said: ‘It’ll be three years this summer since we split, so I have had the time to heal from all of that.
‘The past year for everybody has been getting used to a new normal, but for me, the year before that was getting used to my new normal.
‘I’ve had quite a bit of time to recover from it all. It was traumatic, the whole thing, it really was. But I am actually very happy right now.’
Una added she had to ‘get used to my new life’ and that she couldn’t be at a ‘better place’ than with her family after relocating back to Ireland.
Family: Una added she had to ‘get used to my new life’ and that she couldn’t be at a ‘better place’ than with her family after relocating back to Ireland (pictured in April)