There’s a note of sadness as Una says, “As a mother it’s never going to be natural to wake up on Christmas morning and not hear your children’s excited voices.” Una, who recently split from her boyfriend of several months, retired jockey Aidan Coleman, confirms she’s single and “very happy on her own right now”, but adds that if she wanted to get out on the dating scene again, it could be tough logistically.
Celebrity Bear Hunt's Una Healy poses with rarely-seen kids as she opens up over divorce Una Healy is admirably honest about the realities of being a single mum of two – but insists she’d never play the “poor me” card.
Una, one of the celebrities braving the Costa Rican jungle in new Netflix reality show Celebrity Bear Hunt, enjoys a much more low-key life now than when she was performing in pop group The Saturdays, who have been on hiatus since 2014.
The former Saturdays singer, who was divorced from her husband of six years, rugby player Ben Foden, in 2018, says she is currently “very happy on her own” with their children – daughter Aoife, 12, and son Tadhg,10.
She says, ‘Mammy, why on earth do people want to put make-up on and meet boys?’ I thought, ‘That’ll change soon!’“ Neither of her children are showing signs of wanting to follow in their mum’s musical footsteps, although she’d support them if they did.
