While plenty of celebrity children choose to follow in their parents footsteps, surprisingly Gary Barlow’s children have all shunned the showbiz spotlight.
The Take That star, 53, shares Daniel, 24, Emily, 22 and Daisy, 15, with wife of 25-years Dawn Andrews, but none of his three children have sought fame, despite their father’s huge success.
Instead opting to follow a more studious path, Gary’s eldest children Daniel and Emily have both decided to pursue careers in medicine and physiology respectively.
Gary revealed his youngest is still undecided on where her passions lie, but she is also studious like her siblings.
The singer is fairly private about his family life and rarely posts pictures of his brood on social media.
Meet Gary Barlow’s studious children pursuing medicine and physiology as they shun the showbiz limelight (Gary pictured with his daughters Emily, 22 and Daisy, 15)
The Take That star, 53, shares Daniel, 24, Emily, 22 and Daisy, 15, with wife of 25-years Dawn Andrews, but his two eldest are studying medicine and physiology rather than showbiz
Meanwhile the children themselves keep their social media private, choosing not to pursue a career as an influencer with the help of their famous father.
While Gary has reportedly raked in a whopping £90M fortune during his time in the limelight, he told The Mirror at the weekend that his children are so different to him and have shown no interest in showbiz, opting instead for academic careers.
He said: ‘The two oldest ones [Daniel and Emily] have kind of gone into medicine and physiology – studying strength and conditioning – and my youngest one, Daisy, I’m not too sure what she’s heading for but again, she’s very studious… unlike me and my wife,’ he says.
‘I don’t think they will follow in my music footsteps but I wouldn’t have discouraged them though if they did want to, it’s been a good business for me’.
‘Every day I still enjoy what I do and when you realise you’re making a living from it, it’s a great, great place to be. Many roles in “showbiz” are just wonderful, there’s definitely a much harder world out there than the one I’m in I think’.
Gary was speaking ahead of the release of his new ITV travel show Gary Barlow’s Wine Tour: South Africa, where he’s joined on his journey by famous friends including Jane McDonald and Ben Shephard.
Back in 2022 Gary shared a rare snap of his towering son Daniel, as he celebrated his son’s 22 birthday.
He wrote: ‘Happy 22nd Birthday to our Dan. We love you mate and you make us so proud every day’.
Gary’s eldest – who stands at 6ft 2 – was seen towering above his 5ft 7 dad as they looked towards the sea
He added: ‘my youngest one, Daisy, I’m not too sure what she’s heading for but again, she’s very studious… unlike me and my wife (pictured)’
Heartbreakingly, Gary and Dawn lost their daughter Poppy in 2012 when she arrived stillborn and he admitted earlier this year that he ‘hadn’t found peace’ with it yet (pictured in 2012)
Gary’s eldest – who stands at 6ft 2 – was seen towering above his 5ft 7 dad as they looked towards the sea.
The star also celebrated his son’s achievement completing the Ironman competition back in September, which saw him tackle a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile run.
He wrote: ‘We just couldn’t be prouder of our boy – unbelievable amounts of training and determination – when you put in the work you get the results.’
The Shine hitmaker has previously opened up about how ‘proud’ he was of Emily after she decided to head off to university in 2022 for a four-year course.
The youngster had initially planned to go onto higher education in 2020, but had her plans scuppered by COVID-19.
At the time, Gary told Zoe Ball on her BBC radio show: ‘They are pretty good, one is at university. One is taking a year off, was meant to be going to uni but she doesn’t want to with all this going, on which I completely understand.
‘Our youngest is 11 now, which is like… well they’re not kids really anymore. Although, they always are to us.’
Heartbreakingly, Gary and Dawn lost their daughter Poppy in 2012 when she arrived stillborn and he admitted earlier this year that he ‘hadn’t found peace’ with it yet.
Speaking on The Imperfects podcast, Gary spoke candidly about his family tragedy as he explained: ‘I don’t talk about this in great detail and I literally don’t because I’m still kind of figuring it out a little bit.
‘My wife’s emotions were completely different to mine. I’ve been angry for a long time about that, I haven’t really found peace with it yet.’
If you’ve been affected by this article, you can call stillbirth and neonatal charity, SANDs, on 0808 164 3332 or visit www.sands.org.uk.
