MATTY J BEING A DAD IS MY GREATEST ROLE!'

THIS FORMER BACHELOR IS LOVING FAMILY LIFE THESE DAYS

- By Kate Dennett

Matty Johnson and Laura Byrne's family life might seem picture perfect, but they are no strangers to parenting struggles. The Bachelor lovebirds met on the reality show in 2017 and married in 2022. They now share three daughters, Marlie-Mae, six, Lola, four, and seven-month-old Poppy, and juggling childcare, work and caring for their three-legged rescue dog Buster isn't always a picnic!

Speaking exclusively with New Idea, Matty, 38, candidly admits he feels “completely overwhelmed” as a parent “90 per cent of the time” and doesn't always strike a successful balance.

“I think you're on a ship that is just constantly being tossed in a rough sea and you're trying to find calm waters,” he tells us.

“Every now and then you have little periods where everything is perfect and then you have moments, like last night, where the kids just didn't want to go to sleep and I was juggling them by myself.”

Matty adds, “I put down a six-month-old while the other two were screaming, while I was trying to edit a podcast and also reply to DMs on my Instagram.

“I would say 90 per cent of the time, I feel very overwhelmed and that I'm struggling, if I'm being completely honest.