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Stacey Solomon has announced that she will be scaling back her work projects to focus on her family.
He Loose women panelist and Put your life in order The presenter, who won a National Television Award (NTA) earlier this month, shared an emotional announcement in which she told her fans she will be stepping away from her role as an ambassador for fast fashion brand InTheStyle and hinted that she may scale back her other ventures.
In a post shared online, Solomon, 37, reflected on her experience since becoming an ambassador for the company in 2021.
She said: “Today has been a wonderful but emotional day as I photographed my LATEST collection for InTheStyle.
“I have enjoyed every second of being able to design and create clothing with the most amazing team and literally make my dreams come true.”
She explained that over the past year she has shifted her priorities to achieve a better balance between her work and family life.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about work-life balance this year and what things I’ve had to prioritize,” she explained. “So I’ve decided to say goodbye to InTheStyle and other things so I can give more of myself back to my family.”
The mother-of-five, who has a homewares line at Asda, shares three of her children with husband Joe Swash.
At 17, she gave birth to her first child, Zachary, with then-boyfriend Dean Cox. Four years later, she gave birth to son Leighton, whom she shares with ex-fiancé Aaron Barnham.
In May 2019, Solomon and Swash welcomed their first child together and revealed they had named him Rex Toby Francis Swash. In October 2021, she gave birth to baby Rose Opal Esmè Solomon-Swash. They also share a one-year-old daughter named Belle.
Despite announcing the end of his time with the fashion brand, Solomon promised his fans that his final collection would be special.
She added: “We wanted to end on a high note, so this latest collection has all the love we could put into it and we thought it was the right thing to do to end it in my favourite season.”
Solomon is also a business partner in a haircare brand called Rehab and has her own line of homewares sold in the George department of Asda. She also has her own newsletter and shares online content about her family life, including DIY and renovation videos of her quaint home called Pickle Cottage.
Last week, the BBC series Solomon Put your life in orderThe show, which sees the presenter help families declutter and transform their homes, took home the award for Best Factual Entertainment at the National Television Awards, while Solomon herself was nominated in the Best Presenter category.
Reflecting on his victory, Solomon told his fans he had been watching the moment he won “on replay” on his television.
“I'm so proud of myself and the entire @sortyourlifeout team, who so deserve this. None of us expected this. I AM SO, SO GRATEFUL to each and every one of you who voted,” she wrote.
She continued: “You have made so many of our dreams come true and made all those crazy days in sometimes incredibly emotional and difficult situations worth it.”
Solomon's guest at the NTAs ceremony was her eldest son, Zachary, 16. The presenter said online that her son has been with her on her “crazy journey” from the beginning.
“I wouldn’t be who I am if it wasn’t for you, Zach,” she wrote online. “I don’t think I would be on this path if it wasn’t for you. My rock, forever. To the moon and back forever.”
