Amanda has opened up on co-parenting with her ex-husband (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen has opened up on the challenges of co-parenting her nine children following her split from her husband Clive, after 22 years of marriage.
The couple found fame on the Channel 5 programme, which follows them and their family navigating life at Ravensear, near Richmond in North Yorkshire.
Last June, Amanda, 48, and Clive, 68, announced that they would be separating, and have since shared that they’re still working together on the farm.
In a new interview, Amanda has opened up about the split, saying it has been ‘tough’ but they ‘just have to get on with it’.
She told Radio Times: ‘Look, there are two simple facts: if he thought I was brilliant, and I thought he was brilliant, then we wouldn’t have separated.
‘It’s a fact, isn’t it? But, you know what, that’s not unique, it’s just how things are, pressures, all the rest of it.
‘But we have nine kids, with associated friends, girlfriends, and we just have to get on with it.’
Amanda and Owen split after 22 years of marriage (Picture: ANL/REX/Shutterstock)
The pair share nine children together (Picture: Renegade Pictures)
Amanda said that she felt that the term co-parenting is a buzzword which just meant ‘we take it in turns to shout at the kids’.
Following their split, the Yorkshire shepherdess began filming a new More4 documentary, titled Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives, her first solo series without Clive.
She explained that her time away had to be carefully negotiated with the filming done in small sections.
We go for the three-day rule: three days is the maximum number of sandwich boxes and stuff that we can get prepared and the maximum amount of carnage that I can cope with on my return,’ she said.
Amanda is now launching her own solo series (Picture: Bruce Adams/ANL/REX/Shutterstock)
The new series sees her visiting other working farms across the UK, exploring their innovative methods and the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis.
She said: ‘If you’re in farming and agriculture, it’s very easy to feel like you’re unsupported, even vilified. There are so many people pointing fingers.
‘So it was actually really heartening to see how different people were making it work and how diverse modern farming is.’
Despite her TV series and range of farming books, she said she does not consider herself a celebrity farmer but admitted she can see the irony that her side projects can be more profitable than the actual work with the animals.
Amanda said the term co-parenting felt like a buzzword which just meant ‘we take it in turns to shout at the kids’ (Picture: Bruce Adams/ANL/REX/Shutterstock)
Since the split, Amanda said things are ‘easier’ with working with Clive (Picture: @yorkshireshepherdess)
‘I’ve just paid a feed bill and our costs have doubled – and those prices never come back down,’ she said.
‘Obviously that hits your margins, so you’re then left trying to find ways to make money. But farmers are incredibly good at adapting.’
This follows Amanda sharing how the former couple are still working together, and things are actually easier since their split.
‘People assume that because I’m separated from my husband, Clive, things are harder, but in fact it’s the opposite,’ she shared.
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Amanda went on to explain: ‘We have two farms that are basically next door to each other, so it’s close enough for it to be useful, but far enough for us to have space.’
She continued to The Times: ‘Whatever our personal situation, there’s a farm to run and nine children to look after so we’re just working together, making it happen.’
The full interview is available now in Radio Times.
Our Yorkshire Farm is available to watch on Channel 5.
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