Sian Welby has admitted she is ‘really struggling’ as a parent and has hit ‘rock bottom’ as she opened up in an emotional Instagram video on Monday evening.
The This Morning presenter, 39, welcomed her first child, daughter Ruby with producer fiancé Jake Beckett in June 2024.
And now Sian, who shares her glamorous showbiz life from working on ITV’s This Morning to hosting Capital Breakfast on social media, admitted it is ‘really hard’ balancing being a mum and her career.
She explained how most days she is trying ‘to survive the day’ and is left questioning if she is ‘a bad mum’ as she balances her work while bringing up her 17-month-old little girl.
Speaking in a candid video, Sian said she has had a ‘really tough few weeks of parenting’ and wanted to make sure fans know her life isn’t always glamorous and she has no ‘cheat codes to parenting’.
She said: ‘Hiya, Just a quick one from me because I know I’ve got a lot of parents that follow me and I’m starting to feel guilt because I get a lot of DMs saying, “Oh Sian how are you doing it?” The early mornings, red carpet, celebrities and that kind of thing.
Sian Welby has admitted she is ‘really struggling’ as a parent and has hit ‘rock bottom’ as she opened up in an emotional Instagram video on Monday evening
The presenter, who shares her glamorous life from working on This Morning to hosting Capital Breakfast on social media, admitted it is ‘really hard’ balancing being a mum and her career
‘I’m scared that it reflects something that isn’t real life because my Instagram looks so glossy and showbiz and yet the truth of it is some days I am absolute rock bottom, cold in a corner wondering how I’m going to survive the next day, wondering how I’m going to go into work and I just don’t want to add to any parenting pressure.
‘I don’t want my timeline to look like something that you should be trying to achieve when I’m not even achieving it I’m literally using my Instagram to show you all my professional work, almost like a CV but I’m not showing you the full picture.
‘I’m not showing you the, you know 48hours of no sleep and the A&E trips and then the missive work commitments and then choosing, is it work or is it childcare, am I a good mum, I’m a bad mum, what am I doing!
‘You know and I’m feeling like this all the time and I’m torn and I am struggling and I’m not getting it right every time and there are some days when I’m hanging by a thread.’
Sian stressed to her followers that ‘everyone’s situation is different’ and though it may not seem like she has had a ‘really hard’ time.
She continued: ‘I’m not saying this to get any sort of pity I’m just saying it so you know what your seeing on Instagram is obviously isn’t like the full story and isn’t achievable.
‘Please don’t think whatever you’re doing isn’t enough or that I’m somehow I’ve got the cheat codes to parenting because I really haven’t, like some days I’m just about surviving and there’s days when I genuinely think how am I going to do it and I think we all just do and when you’re in it you don’t think about it you just do it because that’s all you can do.
‘Everyone’s situation is different, everyone has you know commitments they have got to do and you have to keep trying to make the right decisions all the time.’
She explained how most days she is trying ‘to survive the day’ and is left questioning if she is ‘a bad mum’ as she balances her work while bringing up her 17-month-old little girl
Speaking in a video, Sian said she has had a ‘really tough few weeks of parenting’ and wanted to make sure fans know she has doesn’t have any ‘cheat codes to parenting’
She said: ‘I’m scared it reflects something that isn’t real life because my Instagram is showbiz and yet the truth is I am rock bottom, wondering how I’m going to survive the next day’
She concluded: ‘But you know I’ve had a really tough few weeks of parenting and maybe that’s not been reflected on here and on the radio then you might think its a breeze but I just wanted to be real with you all and it has been really hard.’
Sian welcomed her baby girl after an emergency C-section and just eight weeks later returned to work hosting This Morning.
Earlier this year, the ITV star told Daily Mail, ‘I have always wanted to be on This Morning, it was a big mission of mine.’
She explained: ‘In my career, I’ve had reality stars overtake me, and you lose out on opportunities because they’re hot right now, or they weren’t looking for someone like me with my accent or whatever the thing was, but I had to wait my turn.’
Sian continued: ‘I told two female producers on the show that I would do anything.
‘I said, send me to Bognor Regis beach at 2am or get me dressed up as a Smurf in the middle of Skegness, I will do it. I just really wanted to work on the show. So, I did everything for them.
‘I did live shows in the middle of Warwick, I was doing competitions and stuff online, a Showbiz segment and a bit like everything in life, I stepped in one day for Lisa Snowdon and it proved to them I could do live TV.
‘And eventually the big pinch me moment came when they asked me if I would like to cover with Dermot O’Leary.’
Indeed, she admitted her work ethic combined with motherhood has put herself on verge of an ‘exhaustion breakdown.’
She admitted: ‘I’m not showing you the 48hours of no sleep and the A&E trips and the choosing, am I a good mum, I’m a bad mum. I’m torn and I am struggling and I’m not getting it right every time and there are some days when I’m hanging by a thread’
The presenter welcomed her little girl Ruby in June 2024 with producer fiancé Jake Beckett
But Sian says while she has struggled since Ruby’s birth last June, she believes women can have it all with some adjustments and in her case, the support of a loving partner.
The TV star got her first break in TV after being snapped up by Channel 5 when she was still working at high street fashion store, New Look.
She climbed the ranks with the broadcaster, presenting cycling and Formula E coverage, before becoming lead weather presenter in 2010, a role she performed for six years.
Sian, who trained as an actress and still has aspirations of writing her own comedy sitcom, joined Heart in 2019 and also co-hosted CBBC morning series Saturday Mash-Up in 2021, a year after she joined Roman Kemp’s breakfast show, where she remains with Jordan now at helm.
But since This Morning came calling, her profile has shot up.
Last year, she interviewed Hollywood A-listers Margot Robbie and Tom Cruise and was even tipped to replace Holly Willoughby as main host before Cat Deeley got the job.
