Celebrity personal trainer Michelle Bridges is celebrating her son Axel's birthday in style — with a foam pool party in Bali. Taking to social media on Thursday, the Australian fitness icon, 51, shared a beautiful tribute to him in the form of a montage of photos from throughout his life so far.
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'9 years of life with you. What a beautiful soul you are. The love of my life. Happy Birthday Axel. Mumma xxx,' she captioned the video. Bridges became a mum at the age of 45, while her partner Steve 'Commando' Willis had three children from a previous relationship.
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The duo shot to fame in 2007 when they burst onto TV screens as the hard-hitting, no-nonsense trainers and TV hosts of The Biggest Loser. Co-parenting doesn't come easily to anyone, Michelle explained on the latest episode of the Mental As Anyone podcast: 'It is challenging. It comes with its challenges but the sentence has always got to start in Axel’s best interests, that’s how I go into it every time.'.
Australian fitness icon Michelle Bridges says that co-parenting is 'challenging' and that she and her ex Steve 'Commando' Willis always start from Axel's best interests. The famous duo debuted their romance on the red carpet in May 2013, shortly after announcing splits from their respective partners at the time.
They welcomed their son Axel in December 2015, and later announced their split in 2020, the same year Michelle was convicted for drunk driving. In 2021, the former Biggest Loser star told Good Weekend magazine she suffered her fair share of 'dark' days following her split from Steve.
