Kym Marsh recalls her financial struggle as a single mother before rising to ... trends now
She rose to fame in band Hear'Say after appearing on the reality television series Popstars in 2001.
And Kym Marsh has now opened up about life before the limelight as she has detailed the financial struggles she endured while raising her elder children.
The soap star, 46, has revealed that it was 'tricky getting money together for the week' when her son David, now 27, and daughter Emilie, now 25, were growing up.
Strain: Kym Marsh has recalled her financial struggle while raising eldest children David, 27, and Emilie, 25, as a single mother before her rise to fame
In a new interview with Prima Magazine, Kym, who is a mother of four, recalled the hardship of raising her eldest children while trying to make it big.
She shares David and Emilie with her former builder fiance Dave Cunliffe, who she split from in 1999, just a year after the birth of their daughter.
But the children never struggled, with the Strictly Come Dancing star sharing: 'They were well-clothed and fed, although they didn’t have any luxuries. Sometimes it was tricky getting money together for the week.
'When Emilie was a baby, my sister, Tracey, and I would sometimes go halves on a bag of nappies.
Siblings: Kym gave birth to her eldest children before rising to fame in 2001, with Emilie now 25 and David now 27 (pictured together)
Old times: In a new interview with Prima Magazine, Kym, who is a mother of four, recalled the hardship of raising her eldest children while trying to make it big
