Charlotte Dawson has confessed that her relationship with Matthew Sarsfield has been ‘quite strained’ – a year on from his sexting scandal.
The TV personality, 32, who is the daughter of Les Dawson, shares Noah, four, Jude, two and Gigi, six months, with the rugby player.
But their relationship took a hit in August last year after she discovered Matthew was ‘sexting’ another woman.
And now she has opened up about how their relationship is a year on, admitting things have been tough because ‘they don’t have time to talk’.
She told Closer magazine: ‘Noah’s lack of routine and his co-sleeping with us has been quite straining on our relationship as well.
‘He only wants to go to bed when we do, so we don’t have that time to talk and have tea together, and that’s so important. I feel like once Noah starts school, we’ll find us again.’
Charlotte Dawson has confessed that her relationship with Matthew Sarsfield has been ‘quite strained’ – a year on from his sexting scandal
Charlotte has been with rugby league player Matt for eight years.
But she was was left hurt and humiliated after discovering he had sent intimate texts to another woman behind her back last year.
Addressing the news on an episode of her podcast, she said: ‘I’ve seen the messages they’re not nice, it really hurt’.
But just weeks after the news broke, Charlotte shocked fans by revealing she was pregnant with their ‘surprise’ third child.
Charlotte later gave an update on their relationship, admitting the pair were taking each day as it comes.
She explained: ‘Yeah, it’s been It’s been emotional, but it’s been like an actual rollercoaster everything. But now I feel a lot better.
‘I feel a bit like everything’s been lifted a little bit. We’re taking each day as it comes obviously we have children together and obviously got another baby on the way and he is trying so I just want to shake him.’
Commenting on her decision to talk about her difficult personal life on her podcast she said: ‘I’m open and honest. I think that’s just the way I’ve always been. I think that’s just the way I’ve always been.
Now Charlotte now she has opened up about how their relationship is a year on, admitting things have been tough because ‘they don’t have time to talk’
Charlotte continued: ‘It was difficult for me to be so open about my private life because I know I’m, like, open about fun, things and stuff. So it was quite hard for me, and I felt like the podcast was the best place to do it. It’s like my safe space.
‘I had to address it obviously because everyone was talking about it.’
Rugby ace Matt played as a second row forward for the Swinton Lions.
He also appeared on Celebs Go Dating with Charlotte as they worked through their relationship problems four years ago.
After their appearance, the couple split but reunited and he popped the question.
Matt proposed to Charlotte in September 2020, a few months before the birth of their first son Noah.
The engagement took place in front of a statue of her famous father, Les Dawson, in Lytham, Lancashire.
Charlotte has been with rugby league player Matt for eight years. But she was was left hurt and humiliated after discovering he had sent intimate texts to another woman behind her back
