Sadie Frost admits she has ‘excelled so much more’ being single and was ‘really knocked’ by public divorce from Jude Law

She has been married to two of the biggest names in showbusiness, but Sadie Frost has said she has ‘excelled so much more’ since being on her own.

The actress, 59, who was married to the Jude Law from 1997 until 2003, also revealed that she struggled with ‘very low self-esteem’ in the aftermath of their divorce.

Speaking to Good Housekeeping UK’s new podcast, My Life in a Biscuit Tin, in what could be perceived as a swipe at her exes.

She said: ‘I’m feeling really happy and content at the moment. I feel confident. It took me a long time not to care about what people thought. 

‘I had very low self-esteem. It really knocked me going through a very horrible, public divorce [from Law].’

‘I’ve excelled so much more since I haven’t been with somebody because I think there’s a constant thing of having to keep someone else happy.

She has been married to two of the biggest names in showbusiness, but Sadie Frost has said she has ‘excelled so much more’ since being on her own

The actress, 59, who was married to the Jude Law from 1997 until 2003, also revealed that she struggled with ‘very low self-esteem’ in the aftermath of their divorce (pictured in 2001)

‘And, at the end of the day, I want to get up at 5am and do my yoga – and I’m not compromising unless it’s for my children and close friends.’

The mother-of-four shares three children with Mr Law, their son Rafferty, 28, daughter Iris, 24 and youngest Rudy, 22. Her eldest Finlay Munro Kemp, 34, is from her previous seven-year marriage to Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp.

She also was in an on-off relationship with businessman Darren Strowger for eight years, before Sadie confirmed she was single in an interview last year.

The former model said that dealing with her children moving out of the family home was also a challenge she had to overcome.

She admitted: ‘Even though it was difficult when the kids all left home, it made me embrace being on my own. I had to face that fear of being on my own.

She also said that yoga has helped her manage her anxiety and panic attacks, which she attributes in part to her childhood lung disease, Bronchiectasis.

‘I used to have a lot of anxiety because of not being able to breathe,’ she explained.

‘My mum and her friends were always saying, ‘Sadie, you’ve got to do yoga, it will really help you prolong your life.’ 

Prior to her relationship with Jude, Sadie had a seven-year marriage to Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp (pictured in 1988)

She also was in an on-off relationship with businessman Darren Strowger for eight years (pictured in 2021)

Sadie said: ‘I had very low self-esteem. It really knocked me going through a very horrible, public divorce [from Law]’ (pictured in 1998)

She started making me do it at 15, and I was in and out because you don’t want to go to breathing classes when you’re 15 – you want to go out partying!

But through my 20s, 30s, and 40s – especially when I had my kids and did pregnancy yoga – I realised that to stop anxiety or panic attacks, I had to engage with it.

With a strict yoga practice, I’ve been able to conquer all the problems that came up from having this lung condition, which I’ll have forever.’

The Dracula star also revealed that she talks to pigeons regularly: ‘I’ll talk to pigeons, I’ll go and have a conversation. I’ll talk to anything now because we are finding out more and more about how intelligent they are, how conscious they are.’

The full episode with Sadie Frost is available now on all major podcast platforms.