Natasha Hamilton says she ‘deserves to be happy and feel loved’ as she hits back at trolls trying to ruin her engagement to Charles Gay
The Atomic Kitten star is settling down with the man of her dreams
NATASHA Hamilton says it is high time she had her happily ever after following years of relationship woes.
The 34-year-old Atomic Kitten star became engaged to fashion brand director Charles Gay, 30, last year.
And the mum-of-four says she is thrilled to have finally found her knight in shining armour – but just wishes others would be kind to her about her romance.
“I’ve only ever had a few, long-term relationships. I deserve to be happy and to feel loved. I wish people wouldn’t try and ruin what is such a happy time for us,” Natasha said in an interview with .
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The Whole Again star has four children by four different fathers – a fact that online trolls have used in cruel taunts against her.
Last year Natasha revealed she endured a 10 year gap between new dates as she appeared on a celebrity episode of Channel 4 show First Dates.
And while Natasha didn’t find love with her televised date, 40-year-old Essex salesman Gary, she was loved up with Charles by August – and engaged before the end of the year.
However Natasha frets that she is criticised by some for having multiple relationships – an outdated stereotype she has hit back at.
“People can be quite fixated on the idea that we’re only allowed to love one person in our lives, but I don’t believe that,” she told OK! – declaring Charles is The One.
“I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs in relationships but I deserve a happy ending. My life is very hectic but I’ve never been as calm as I am with Charlie. I’ve never felt so content as I do now, there’s no mind games or drama with us either, which makes a refreshing change,” she said.
Natasha has also hinted that she might soon try for a fifth baby with her new man.
“It’s something we would both like in the future, but not until after we’re married. We have a lot to sort out before we can consider having a baby,” she said.
Natasha and Charles are planning to hold a casual yet traditional wedding on a “really hot” beach – with her four children all expected to have special roles in the ceremony.
The singer says her two-year-old daughter Ella (from a relationship with Five’s Ritchie Neville) would act as flower girl while her three sons would be page boys.
Charles also told the magazine that the wedding would be an intimate celebration of their whirlwind romance with only their closets friends and family in attendance.
Natasha welcomed her first son, 14-year-old Josh, in August 2002 shortly before she broke up with on-off lover Fran Cosgrave (an Irish nightclub owner and former bodyguard of Westlife).
Her second son is 12-year-old Harry Hatcher from a romance with dancer-turned insurance worker Gavin Hatcher whom Natasha dated between 2004 and 2005.
In November 2007, Natasha married businessman Riad Erraji – with the two welcoming her third son, Alfie (now six), before announcing divorce plans in 2013.
Natasha’s relationship with Ritchie Neville began in 2013 after they both took part in ITV2’s The Big Reunion – but they split in March 2016 following the birth of daughter Ella in September 2014.
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