Shane
& Gillian Interview In The Irish Mirror – November
2004
Westlife
star Shane Filan wants to be a real top of the pops-by having FIVE children. And
the
Speaking
to the Irish Mirror with his beautiful wife Gillian, Shane revealed:
“I
want five kids, that’s got to be the biggest ambition
for the future. I'd love two girls,
two boys and lucky dip. But I wouldn’t be complaining what sex they were-as long
as they were all healthy."
And
Gillian added: "We have no plans to start just yet because we are finding our
feet but five kids just seems right-we want a big family. I’m seeing people
walking around with their little babies now and I must admit I do get all gushy
about it. I know it won’t be for a while but I can’t wait until it's my turn."
The
couple have plenty of room to fill in their stunning
new home on the outskirts of
Sipping
tea in a
“It’s
everything we ever dreamed of having. We have a home cinema which is my
favourite room with a huge screen and hundreds of films. I’ve also got a big snooker room which I
always dreamed of as a kid. Its fantastic-its like a
bit of a playground.”
Gillian
added; “We’ve spent ages picking out all the furniture and planning the décor
and design but we’re very happy. I do most of the cooking because I really enjoy
it. It’s actually become a bit of a hobby of mine because it helps me relax. As
for cleaning, well we both share that duty although when Shane’s away with the
band I do it myself. We’re just a normal couple in terms of our routine around
the house. My favourite room is our main bedroom. It’s literally what I always
dreamed of as a kid-it’s like what was in my doll’s house.
“There’s
lovely furniture, a really ornate bed and a few nice touches. We have a Jacuzzi
bath which has colourful lights down the side that twinkle and there’s also little extras like a TV screen in the bathroom
for when you’re relaxing.” Unlike the majority of celebrity couples, when the
couple tied the knot last Christmas they turned down massive money offers to
sell their pictures to a glossy celebrity magazine. And Shane insisted they
wouldn’t allow any photographers into their dream home despite offers already
rolling in.
“I
will never, ever , ever do a home photo shoot with a
magazine for money,” he explained. “I don’t care how much money they offer, your
home is your home. It’s a really personal little place for Gillian. We spent so
much time planning it all that it would just be wrong to do a big magazine
shoot. It’s our place to escape from the public life and I want to keep it
really private. So it’s pretty much the same s the wedding in that I’m not
interested in doing anything with a celebrity magazine.” And the couple have a similarly down-to-earth approach to life when
it comes to working.
They
could happily retire with Shane’s millions but both keep hectic working
schedules-Shane as a world-famous singer and Gillian as manager of a series of
Morgan retail outlets in
Her
next big project is opening a jewellery store with her sister Joanna which she
will launch in
“I
love working and it helps me to focus on a big task every day. I would be so
bored sitting around the house and I am a pretty motivated person.” But Shane and Gillian keep the spark
well and truly alive in their relationship despite their busy lives.
Shane
explained: “We do things like going for romantic walks and special meals. And we
have our own little language which nobody else can understand. We could be in a
room with 10 people and nobody would known what we were
saying because it’s just a personal thing between us. I think that’s
nice.”
Gillian
added: “Shane is a real romantic. He’s always sending flowers for no reason and
things like that. If were at home relaxing then Shane would sneak off to the
bathroom and run me a nice big bubble for a treat and being me up a glass of
wine. He’s so thoughtful about little details.”
There’s
little chance of Westlife calling it a day in the near future but Shane is happy
to talk about the inevitability of them pulling down the curtain on their pop
reign.
“Its
honestly won’t be after this tour,” he said referring to their No1’s tour arena
dates next year.
“We
will tell all the fans before our last album and tour so that we can say goodbye
properly. It will be emotional but we know it can’t last forever. We’ve had a
ball thought and I wouldn’t chance much about the last six years.”
Gillian
knows that life without Westlife would have a massive impact on the singer’s
private lives as well as their public personas. She explained: “The lads work so
hard so I’m sure they’d take a long rest. But the truth is Westlife have been
all our lives- by that I mean the families and the wives-for a long time now.
It’s not something that gets in the way of our
relationships.”
But
Shane has plenty of ambition beyond Westlife, “I’m really into horses but one
thing I’ve never had is a race horse,” he added.
“Id love to buy one. Id wait until after
Westlife were finished because Id be gutted missing all the big races and have
my mum calling me from them having the time of her life. I want to go and see
the horse in action at all the top courses. Other than that I just want a really
big family and hopefully a career in music beyond Westlife.” Like all good men, Shane leaves the last
word to his wife. “In the last year alone we’ve got married, moved into a new
house and Westlife have been on tour. There’s never a dull moment so who knows
what the future could hold-I daren’t guess.”
Credit/Source:
Irish Mirror