{"id":84106,"date":"2023-11-05T07:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T07:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84106"},"modified":"2023-11-05T07:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T07:51:13","slug":"giovanna-fletcher-id-love-a-little-walk-and-talk-with-the-princess-of-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/celebrities\/giovanna-fletcher-id-love-a-little-walk-and-talk-with-the-princess-of-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Giovanna Fletcher: \u2018I\u2019d love a little walk and talk with the Princess of Wales""},"content":{"rendered":"

Multitasking seems to come easy to \u201cmumfluencer\u201d Giovanna Fletcher. In recent years she has gone from lone blogger to best-selling author, podcaster and a friendly voice of reason and comfort for a generation of women, including the Princess of Wales. <\/p>\n

As we chat over the phone, Giovanna, 38, juggles deliveries to her door while telling us about her new projects and her relationship with husband Tom, also 38. <\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of her recent 20-year anniversary with the McFly singer, she says, \u201cWe\u2019ve known each other for 25 years and been together for 20 this month \u2013 it\u2019s a big old time for us.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t feel like we have to be all flashy and go big on an anniversary, but I think we\u2019ll put the kids to bed and have a takeaway. We\u2019ll be very, very happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pursuing their careers while raising their sons \u2013 Buzz, nine, Buddy, seven, and five-year-old Max \u2013 hasn\u2019t been easy, she says, but the couple seem to be an unbreakable team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think self-awareness is really, really important,\u201d she says. \u201cSo when you\u2019re being a bit of a plonker, acknowledge it. Humour has also been a massive thing for us, knowing when something is ridiculous and being able to laugh at it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatience is very important too. All couples have their moments and you realise there are phases that might have nothing to do with you, that you have to ride through and not be afraid to talk about because you\u2019re a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding to her already impressive skill set, Giovanna \u2013 who won I\u2019m A Celebrity in 2020 \u2013 has just released an album. But it\u2019s not the kind you might expect from a popstar\u2019s wife with an impressive set of lungs herself. Happy Mum Happy Baby: The Sleep Album<\/i> is a compilation of music and sounds to help children sleep.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the years, we\u2019ve become quite fixated on sleeping,\u201d she says, laughing. \u201cTom and I would go to bed and say \u2018good luck\u2019 to each other before our heads hit the pillow because we never knew what the night would bring.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album is the wild card in her career so far, but it\u2019s maybe not a surprise given that music is such a huge part of the Fletcher household.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, music has become our family\u2019s version of playing sports together,\u201d she tells us. \u201cThe kids are constantly going into Tom\u2019s office where all the instruments are and having a go on the drums or trying out the guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buzz has even been allowed to watch his dad in action this year on McFly\u2019s summer tour \u2013 which also marked 20 years since the band was formed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe stands at the side of the stage with his own guitar that\u2019s not plugged in and his earbuds in so he can hear what some of the guys are playing and he plays along and completely rocks out!\u201d<\/p>\n

Between recording her weekly Happy Mum Happy Baby<\/i> podcast and bringing up their boys, Giovanna also finds time to focus on another project close to her heart. As patron of the CoppaFeel! breast cancer awareness charity, she\u2019s at the helm of many of its intrepid treks, leading men and women everywhere from the Pembrokeshire Coast to the Himalayas.<\/p>\n

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She recently completed a 100km, five-day trek to Mont Blanc in the Chamonix Valley, joined by celebrity friends including Kelsey Parker, the widow of The Wanted\u2019s Tom Parker, and TOWIE<\/i> \u2019s Pete Wicks. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u201cchallenging\u201d, she says, but gives her a high like no other. \u201cIt was my eighth trek and every time I\u2019m like, \u2018We\u2019ve created magic, we can\u2019t do that again,\u2019 but somehow they\u2019re just incredibly inspiring every single time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s challenging emotionally and mentally as well as physically, but seeing people overcome different obstacles is incredible. It\u2019s the most rewarding, life-affirming thing ever. And the chats we have are massive, there\u2019s something about walking that just opens your heart and words come tumbling out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pete Wicks seems an unlikely companion for such an emotionally charged experience, but Giovanna laughs when we suggest this.<\/p>\n

\u201cI absolutely adore the man,\u201d she says. \u201cHe came on the Sahara trek and I don\u2019t think he understands how much his team adored him. Seeing him work with a team and the different ways he encourages people was phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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No one could accuse Giovanna, whose brother is former TOWIE<\/i> star Mario Falcone, of resting on her laurels or riding on her husband\u2019s coattails. <\/p>\n

While \u201cinfluencer\u201d is a bona fide career nowadays, that wasn\u2019t the case when she started her blog in 2014 and she says it took guts to put it all out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started sharing online it felt like everyone else had smiling kids and pristine white bed sheets and everything was hunky dory,\u201d she says. \u201cI got messages saying it was a relief to see what I was sharing, but it
was also a relief for me to know that other people were feeling the same way as me. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was living that life at the time and I wanted to share that it wasn\u2019t all clean sheets and smiles, it\u2019s tougher than it looks and we\u2019re all just trying to battle our way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharing the warts and all of parenting online is par for the course for many celebrities now, and Giovanna couldn\u2019t be more thrilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s absolutely incredible,\u201d she says. \u201cAs new mums come into the fold, maybe from the Love Island<\/i> generation, it\u2019s important that those conversations continue and the younger influencers who are having children now keep sharing. <\/p>\n

\u201cYounger generations used to be a bit more filtered in what they were posting, so seeing them share in this new light is the most encouraging thing ever because
it gets away from that picture-perfect stuff and helps everyone feel more secure in who they are.\u201d <\/p>\n

Following the success of her blog, she started her podcast in 2017 and in 2020 secured the guest who rocketed its profile \u2013 the Princess of Wales. Kate spoke candidly about whether she experienced \u201cmum guilt\u201d (\u201cYes, absolutely \u2013 and anyone who doesn\u2019t as a mother is actually lying!\u201d she said) and used the chance to champion the importance of early years care.<\/p>\n

Given that their working relationship and friendship has continued, might we see Kate pull on her walking boots for a CoppaFeel! hike?<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d love to have her on a trek,\u201d Giovanna says. \u201cWe could share our snacks and have a little walk and talk, but I think the logistics would probably be a bit tricky!\u201d<\/p>\n

So who else would Giovanna like to entice into her recording studio?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m totally obsessed with [ Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/i> actor] James Van Der Beek at the moment,\u201d she says. \u201cHe shares his family life online and speaks so beautifully about raising kids, his own upbringing and the effect his mum has had on him. I\u2019d love to have a chat with him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Aware that she needs a healthy work\/life balance away from her brand, Giovanna says she makes sure she finds time to enjoy the simple pleasures in life \u2013 including watching I\u2019m A Celebrity<\/i> . She was already a huge fan before she took part in the 2020 series and can\u2019t wait for it to be back on TV later this year. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved the show. When it gets to that really lovely time of year in the lead-up to Christmas and it\u2019s getting darker at night, we snuggle in and watch it. For me, it was an incredible time in my life, I absolutely loved it. My advice to anyone going in is to just be yourself. You\u2019re there for three weeks so make the most of it and don\u2019t take it too seriously. Because when else are you going to do anything like that again?\u201d<\/p>\n

Happy Mum Happy Baby: The Sleep Album is out now via Decca Records<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n