Sally Ridge's joy THE BABY THAT'S CHANGED MY LIFE

From society girl to grandmother, the Weekly’s former crafts editor shares her fabulous family news and why she never gives up on love

- Fleur Guthrie

She may have been the Weekly's crafts editor a decade ago, but don't expect Sally Ridge to be S bedazzling baby onesies just yet for her precious new grandson Porter.

Her trusty hot-glue gun has been sitting idle of late while the 52-year-old juggles life as a busy real estate agent, interior designer, and devoted mum.

As she sits down to reminisce over her popular former column for the magazine's upcoming 90th birthday - the only interview and photoshoot she has done in a number of years - Sally is clearly smitten with the new little man in her life, who is affectionately known as Portie-pants.

He's her first after eldest daughter grandchild Jaime and husband Tommy Bates welcomed their new baby into the world in March at their Los Angeles home base. Sadly, due to Covid restrictions, Sally wasn't able to be at the birth as she had hoped.

I just couldn't wait to meet him! But I finally got there when he was six weeks old and stayed for a month," smiles the former TV star.

"Yeah, he's pretty cute. I totally love him to bits. Saying goodbye was hard, but I'd like to get back there and see him every quarter, and thankfully they're coming back for baby's first Christmas this year.

"I'm so close to Jaime, so I see and talk to them every day via FaceTime. Jaime [who turns 29 this month] is such a great mum... she's so relaxed, probably much like me, actually. And Tommy is an amazing dad too. They're such a cute family.

" Sally will be known to Porter as "Gigi", a name that her son-in-law came up with. "I didn't want to be called Grandma, so Gigi is what I am now and it works for me."