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Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen insists she's single since her split from husband Clive - and says: ‘I’m just getting on with my life as an independent woman, looking after the kids... and my sheep.'
In her typical no-nonsense style, straight-talking Amanda quashed rumours that she has a new man in her life, saying she is too busy for love as the former couple co-parent their brood of nine children.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, she insists she is happily single and no-one else was involved in the end of their 22-year marriage.
The reality TV star, 48, whose day-to-day life was documented in popular reality show Our Yorkshire Farm, said: ‘I’m getting on with my life as an independent woman, looking after the kids and my sheep.
Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen insists she's single since her split from husband Clive
The TV shepherd, a mother of nine whose day-to-day life is documented in popular reality show Our Yorkshire Farm, confirmed her separation from Clive in June 2022
‘There was nobody involved in the break up with Clive and I don’t understand why this is being suggested.
‘I’m not Meghan, I’m not a wallflower and I’m not over-sensitive, but a lot of things said about me are being taken out of context. I’m living a fantastic life doing what I really love.’
Referring to family life since the break-up with Clive, she said: ‘We are co-parenting and the whole family is very happy.
‘I was just with Clive this morning at the farmhouse where he lives and he then went off to sell a bull. There’s absolutely no problem between us. It’s been a very amicable split and we continue to work together. Everybody in the family is happy with the way things have turned out.’
The couple run Ravenseat Farm in rural Swaledale with Amanda now living in a separate farmhouse on the land with some of their children.
But with a new solo series, Amanda Owen’s Extraordinary Farming Lives, just launched on More4 this week, which sees her visiting other farmers around Britain, it’s amazing how she manages to fit it all in.
Amanda quashed rumours that she has a new man in her life, saying she is too busy for love as the former couple co-parent their brood of nine children
Amanda is mum to Raven, 21, Reuben, 19, Miles, 16, Edith, 14, Violet, 12, Sidney, 11, Annas, nine, Clemmy, seven, and six-year-old Nancy
She added: ‘I was down in London earlier this week and have still got my false eyelashes on after appearing on the Lorraine Show. I’ve said it many times now but Clive and I are both enjoying our lives, raising our kids together.
‘I’m happiest being on the farm with my sheep and kids. There’s not even a phone signal here, it’s very remote and that’s the way I love it.’
Amanda revealed that most of her time is taken up by looking after the children and managing the farm and that she has a particular interest in sustainable farming.
She was speaking moments before leaving the remote farmhouse to go and feed her beloved sheep.
After returning from the nearby market town of Kirkby Stephen, where he went to sell a bull, Clive, 68 told MailOnline: ‘It’s all good, the whole family is very happy. Life is wonderful and there is no problem between us. It couldn’t be better.
Clive recently appeared in ‘Beyond the Yorkshire Farm’ with his son Reuben, a spin-off series in which they start a digging business together.
Clive added: ‘It was great fun but we don’t know if there will be a second series. That’s the best thing about life, you just don’t know what’s going to happen next.’
After running for five years, Channel 5 announced the end of Our Yorkshire Farm last December but the Owen family are now working on a number of future projects
