Louise Redknapp says marriage to Jamie made her ‘invisible’

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Louise Redknapp says marriage to Jamie made her 'invisible'
Louise Redknapp says marriage to Jamie made her 'invisible'

Louise Redknapp has said she felt she was becoming "less and less of a person" during her marriage to ex-husband Jamie.

The singer, 45, split from the former footballer, 46, in 2017 after 19 years together.

Louise, who had a string of hits with 90s girl group Eternal, addresses their relationship in her new solo album Heavy Love, her first record in 18 years.

She told The Sun's Fabulous magazine: "I adore him and always will. Jamie was the absolute love of my life.

"I guess I was happy to be invisible for a little while, but at the same time I felt I was becoming less and less of a person.

"And being less and less visible was kind of hard to take when I used to be a pop star."

Louise shares sons Charley, 15, and Beau, 11, with Jamie.

One song on the album, Wrong, describes how she felt trapped by their marriage, with lyrics including: "You said I don't need them, you would lift me up. You were wrong."

Later she sings: "I should have fixed it before it was unfixable."

Addressing the line, she said: "I'm saying it's not all your fault and I should have dealt with things earlier.

"I'm not the kind of person that ever would be damning of anybody, and this album is very much about how I felt. It's not meant to be mean or unkind."

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