'GIRLFRIENDS LAUGH AT MY BUDGETING'

Patsy Kensit on the hard lessons she's learnt in midlife – and how she's coping with an empty nest

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Patsy Kensit, the former child star turned Hollywood actress, has married four musicians and lived most of her life in the spotlight. But, she reveals, it is her relationships with her sons – James, with the Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, and Lennon, with the Oasis star Liam Gallagher – that she treasures above all else.

Between her roles on Emmerdale (from 2004 to 2006) and EastEnders (in 2023), her main focus was on James, now a film and music video director, and Lennon, a model. Seeing them leave home was tough, she tells Ateh Jewel on HELLO!’s Second Act podcast this week.