Emma Bunton says her fiancé Jade Jones is ‘DESPERATE’ for her to have another child 

Emma Bunton has revealed that her fiancé Jade Jones is ‘desperate’ for her to have another child.

The Spice Girls star, 44, who has children Beau, 13, and Tate, nine, with her long-term partner, 41, also joked that her ‘ovaries skip’ every time she sees a baby.

Talking on Clemmie Telford’s Honestly podcast, Emma admitted that she was unsure if she’d have another child as it’s a ‘big ask’.

And as well as her fiancé Jade desperate for another baby, the star revealed that her two children even asked for a sibling for Christmas. 

Emma said: ‘Both my kids have asked for a baby this Christmas. I am like: “It’s not happening!” They are desperate for another sibling.

‘And also, every time I see a baby, my ovaries skip. My other half is desperate but you know…I think, I have had two beautiful, healthy babies. So yeah… I am not going to do it again, I don’t think, it is a big ask!’ 

Talking about her two children, Emma admitted that she wants Beau and Tate to stay in her house forever as she’s so protective and she is constantly showering them in cuddles.

She said: ‘It was a real tug of war when my kids starting growing up because I am constantly grabbing and cuddling them and not wanting that part to end. It is a struggle.

‘My two are so affectionate and cuddly and warm, and I’ve got a 13 year old, I am happy. Beau wants cuddles all the time and is affectionate and open so I am lucky.

‘I would love my kids just to live in my house forever and ever. I am so protective over my children but it’s a good balance because my other half is brilliant and he’s more relaxed… so we have a good balance there.’

Elsewhere during the chat, Emma gushed over her fiancé Jade. The couple have been together since 1998, but split several times before reconciling in 2004 and they announced their engagement in 2011. 

The star said: ‘My other half is Aquarius – we are both Aquarius. But it seems to work. We’ve been together 20-odd years.’

Revealing the secrets to their long love, Emma admitted that they are ‘best mates’ and ‘similar’.

She noted: ‘I think we are best mates. We are similar. But, you know, different. Yeah it just works. We are the same.

‘We spend a lot of time together. And we quite enjoy that. We can sit and not talk and watch telly and just… we know each other very well which is good.’

Emma sweetly added: ‘I adore him, he is great. He is absolutely brilliant.’ 

During the podcast, the star also reflected on the height of her career and admitted that she lay in bed crying when she first joined the Spice Girls as it was her first time away from home.

Emma aid that her bandmates sweetly rallied around her at the time and she knew from that moment they would have a ‘long lasting’ friendship. 

The singer was around 19-years-old when she first joined Spice Girls, and as such, she got the nickname Baby Spice in the girl group.

She said: ‘The first night I got there [to the house] I shared with Victoria and I was lying in bed and got really upset because it was my first night away from home ever and I thought I either lie here and cry on my own or I go and speak to the girls.

‘So I got up and went and said girls this is my first time away from home and I feel like this is going to be special but this is my first time away from home, I feel really home sick and I miss my mum and I don’t know what to do. 

‘They all hugged me and I knew that was it. I knew I had to be open with them if it was going to be a long lasting friendship.’ 

The star joined the band in 1994 with Mel B, Mel C, Victoria Beckham and Geri Horner. The group split in 2001 but later reunited in 2007 and 2012.

In 2019, the Spice Girls reformed – minus fifth member Victoria – for a UK, Ireland and Scotland summer tour.  

Elsewhere during the Honestly podcast, sponsored by Vodafone, Emma also admitted that things would be different in the current climate, she said: ‘Being a Spice Girl then and now would have been completely different. 

‘I was just 19 when it [the band] started and I don’t know how I would have dealt with the social media and the pictures back then.’

Emma recalled how she remembered the first time someone took a photo of her out a club with her friends on their camera phone, admitting it ‘frightened her’. 

The singer also noted how the band’s tours have changed with fans now on their mobile devices.

Emma said: ‘Our first [Spice Girls] tour was incredible and I remember looking out and seeing faces and now you look out and just see phones. I think that ‘I really hope you’re taking it in’.’

Although the star praised technology and its use during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns.

Emma joked: ‘I became good at Zoom quizzes! I thought it was funny when we did the Zooms.

‘I’d hook up with my girlfriends or as couples, actually it became quite nice because normally you’re in a loud bar somewhere and you get five minutes to talk to each person, whereas this we could actually talk for a few hours and it became quite nice.’

You can listed to the full interview on Clemmie Telford’s Honestly podcast.