Billie Piper finds co-parenting ‘enormously difficult’ with Laurence Fox? So do most exes
Raising a child is surely one of life’s greatest and most challenging responsibilities. It’s hard enough without any added complications. So imagine doing it with someone you can’t stand. Or worse, someone you can’t stand but used to love. Unfortunately, this is the reality for many separated couples with joint custody in the UK, whose responsibility it is to raise their children harmoniously together, regardless of how much animosity may still exist between them.
As we gleaned last week, among those navigating such murky waters are exes Billie Piper and Laurence Fox, who were married from 2007 until 2016 and share two sons together: Winston, 15, and Eugene, 11. Speaking to British Vogue, the 41-year-old actor was asked how she navigates co-parenting with Fox, an actor-turned-controversial political commentator, and replied: “with enormous difficulty”.
She continued: “I close everything down and keep a very strict routine with the kids so that there’s consistency. I keep them close. That’s all I can do. What is paramount for me is the privacy and anonymity of my children. They deserve not to be extensions of
