Stacey Solomon on lesson she learnt as teen mum on benefits - 'I felt like I couldn’t cope'

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When 19-year-old Stacey Solomon first appeared on our screens singing her spine-tingling version of What A Wonderful World on The X Factor, viewers fell in love with her.

Fifteen years later, Stacey has gone from being a struggling single mum to one of television’s biggest stars. Her career has seen her triumph at everything, from winning I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

to carving out a successful presenting career, as well as amassing 5.8 million followers on Instagram. All the while, she’s raising her five children, Zachary, 15, Leighton, 11, Rex, four, Rose, two, and Belle, 12 months, with husband, Joe Swash, who is the father of her three youngest and is also dad to 16-year-old Harry from a previous relationship.

Stacey can’t believe it. “I’m waiting for someone to be like, ‘Oh, it’s all over now. It was just a big joke,’” she admits. “I laugh with my mum all the time.