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22 Kids & Counting star Sue Radford opened up about how she affords multiple family holidays as well as the price of her weekly shop.
The TV personality has spent an astonishing 16-and-a-half years of her life pregnant and shared an insight into how she and her husband Noel raised 22 children on their Channel 5 programme. With 22 children comes a lot of responsibilities and Sue explained how she keeps everything under control.
Noel, 53, works at their bakery and Sue spends a lot of time cleaning and tidying the home. Thankfully, Noel is usually back home from their business in time to do the school run in the morning. Meanwhile, as none of the children are fussy eaters, buying food for them isn't an issue but the supermarket bill does run at around £450 per week.
Not only does the couple have a successful bakery business, but they also earn money from their popular show and social media channels such as TikTok and YouTube. "We don’t claim benefits – the pie company is very successful and so is our media business," Sue explained. "We work hard but we’re not millionaires! The nastiness is upsetting though. We just want to be able to give our children the best possible life."
Sue shared how they afford multiple family holidays (Instagram)Thanks to the money they earn from multiple channels and their business, the family can enjoy multiple holidays. She continued: "My mindset changed when my dad passed away. I thought, if we want to be able to go on holiday and make memories with our children, then why should we be judged?
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"You should live life how you want and not how other people want you to live it. If you’re happy and the kids are happy, then what does it matter what anybody else thinks?" Fans can watch how the couple clean their home, cook for so many people and navigate days out in the videos they share on YouTube.
Sue and Noel's romance started 35 years ago when they met as teenagers in Kendal in the Lake District. They married in 1992, when Sue was 17, and son Chris, now 34, had already arrived. As well as Chris, the couple share Sophie, 29, Chloe, 28, Jack, 26, Daniel, 24, Luke, 22, Millie, 22, Katie, 20, James, 19, Ellie, 18, Aimee, 17, Josh, 16, Max, 14, Tillie, 13, Oscar, 11, Casper, 10, Hallie, eight, Phoebe, seven, Archie, six, Bonnie, four, and Heidie, three. They also lost a son, Alfie, who was stillborn in 2014
The Radfords: Making Life Count is published by Mirror Books on Thursday and available from all good bookshops and Amazon