I didn't think I would have this many kids!

TV's Joe Swash tells LISA SALMON why life with wife Stacey Solomon and their blended family of six is a 'blessing'

JOE Swash is perpetually exhausted - but it's absolutely worth it, he insists.

When the cheeky-chappie TV personality isn't appearing on screen, he's looking after the six kids he and his wife Stacey Solomon have between them in their blended family. And although it doesn't leave much time for relaxation, he wouldn't change his hectic family life for the world.

"It is exhausting," admits Joe, 41. "But I think your body just adapts to your situation. So after you've had three kids four, five or six makes no difference. Me and Stacey have been tired for so long now that it's become the norm." The couple, who first met in 2010 when Stacey won I'm A Celebrity...

Get Me Out of Here! and Joe was presenting the spin-off show, have three children together: four-yearold Rex, one-year-old Rose, and Belle, seven months. Plus Joe is dad to Harry, 16, from a previous relationship, and Stacey has two sons Zachary, 15, and Leighton, 11 from previous relationships.

Joe sitting with a very happy baby Belle on his lap as he chats over Zoom - stresses that although family life is super busy, the older children are an invaluable help at their Essex home, Pickle Cottage.

"Our older kids are a godsend, they really help out," he says.