Most Days I Have A Mini Breakdown

The Blogger Opens Up About Her Joys And Struggles

- Jenny Brown

Constance Hall is struggling to be heard above a tornado of rampaging children. “Oh God, my son just climbed on top of the cupboard and he can’t get down,” groans the bohemian mother-of-seven, disappearing on a rapid rescue mission.

No wonder the controversial author, businesswoman, artist, blogger and Dancing with the Stars finalist wearily admits, “I don’t really cope. It just gets harder. Most days I have a mini nervous breakdown!”

It’s tough to parent a large blended family – Sunny, 17, Zeyke, 14, Billie-Violet, 10, Arlo, 7, twins Rumi and Snow, 4, and Raja, 1 – and give them the one-on-one time they crave.

Sometimes second husband Denim Cooke, 44, cops an online serve for ‘caveman’ failure to pull his weight with childcare and daily chores around their home in Margaret River, WA.

Speaking to New Idea, she says sometimes they argue, “Because we both want to give our kids so much more than we can, and then turn on each other as a result. It’s so tricky it’s almost impossible, and that’s one area where the two of us really have challenges.”

But it’s the haters and cyberbullies who really make 35-year-old Constance mad, driving her to the brink of suicide after she announced her split from first husband Bill Mahon – father of Billie-Violet, Arlo, Rumi and Snow – in April 2017.