Amanda Owen admits 'we're up against it' as she reveals ex Clive's bizarre request

Amanda Owen has admitted she is "up against it" as she shared her ex-husband's bizarre request. The shepherdess, 51, called time on her marriage to Clive in 2022 after 22 years together but they still live together more than three years on.

The Channel 5 star, who has nine children with Clive, joined Lorraine Kelly on her ITV chat show on Thursday morning, where she gave an update on how things are going as they continue to co-parent under the same roof and revealed that her husband had just phoned her in a panic because he had confused washing up liquid for cooking ooil.

She said: "He had fried eggs in some yellow washing up liquid so he was complaining that I shouldn't buy washing up liquid in yellow. Washing up liquid should only be green. We are up against it, believe me, but the idea is that we're just getting on with it, there's plenty to do, plenty of space. Let's be honest, that's reality. That's the reality."

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Amanda, who shot to fame with her Our Yorkshire Farm show and now heads up Our Farm Next Door for Channel 4, then explained that even though she has raised her children on screen while documenting their agricultural life, she does not necessarily expect them to follow in her footsteps.

Viewers will know that Amanda is mother to Raven, 24, Reuben, 18 Miles, 15 Edith, Violet, 14, Sidney, 13 Annas, 10, Clemmie, nine, and Nancy, eight with her ex-husband.

She said: "It's relatable and that's a huge thing. I'm here now, I'm dressed up. People say 'What's your intention?' They're all different characters. My idea with everything we've done as a family is about taking opportunities and not being scared to try to push yourself forward. That's what I want for all the children."

Just days ago, Amanda explained that she is often too busy to watch her kids but is 'proud' of the way they have become independent. She recalled a recent time when she was too busy to make breakfast for her brood, so simply told them to do it themselves and came back to find her youngest navigating an Aga oven.

She explained: "Nobody ever knows that temperature an Aga is but Nancy, who is only eight, was literally there with one of the spatulas and testing the temperature by gently, gently using her fingers and I thought...'I'm so proud of you.'

"If that was something whereby she could burn herself terribly, then that would be a different matter but there are certain lessons and things that you can do. We are very, very, risk averse as a society but that doesn't necessarily, in the long run, make for a safer life for your children."

During an appearance on the Made By Mammas podcast, host Georgia Dayton then asked Amanda about the 'risks' that come with farm life.

Amanda replied: "Absolutely. Tonnes of risks. You don't have to go so very far to find something that will kill you. Every which way you can go, you can find that.

"But you have to look at the things where you're not looking that can get you as well. Sometimes, the obvious risk is the easiest. We're surrounded by water. This summer, the children decided that every single day, they would swim. And literally, come hell or highwater, they did this."

Eventually, the children went night swimming and while Amanda initially had her reserves about her kids swimming in 'complete, inky blackness,' she recalled being a child herself and would always try to do whatever her parents had told her not to.

"That 'don't' attitude, often makes it more alluring," she added.

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