Asher Keddie is a proud mother to an eight-year-old son, Valentino, who she welcomed when she was 41.
And the 49-year-old actress says that when she fell pregnant, she felt young and healthy, but now she worries about ageing as she raises her young child.
‘At the time, I didn’t think anything of being what apparently is an older mother. I felt the same as I did when I was 25’ she tells this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine.
‘I was physically robust and that was fine, but not that long ago I did the stupid sum thing in my head. I thought, oh, I’m counting how old I will be when he’s 18.’
She went on: ‘You realise that you’ve probably lived the majority of your life, but you still have young people there whose lives you want to live with them and watch.
Asher Keddie is a proud mother to an eight-year-old son, Valentino, who she welcomed when she was 41. And the 49-year-old actress says that when she fell pregnant, she felt young and healthy, but now she worries about ageing as she raises her young child. Pictured in Stellar
‘It’s a bittersweet kind of thing, but most of it is sweet and most of it’s exciting.’
Asher recently discussed her ten year marriage to artist husband Vincent Fantauzzo while discussing how the couple met.
She also shared a glimpse into the couple’s home life with their son, Valentino, and Vincent’s 11-year-old son Luca, from a previous marriage.
‘I take care of stuff when I come home… but we have different roles within the house and as long as the kids come first, everything falls into place,’ she added.
‘At the time, I didn’t think anything of being what apparently is an older mother. I felt the same as I did when I was 25’ she tells this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine. Pictured with her son
‘I was physically robust and that was fine, but not that long ago I did the stupid sum thing in my head. I thought, oh, I’m counting how old I will be when he’s 18’ she added. Pictured with husband Vincent Fantauzzo and his son from a previous relationship, Luca, 11
Asher and Vincent tied the knot in the beachside ceremony on Fiji’s Turtle Island in April 2014.
The couple went on to welcome a son of their own, Valentino, in March 2015.
Vincent’s famous works include striking portraits of Julia Gillard, Baz Luhrmann and Heath Ledger, with his work highlighting the depth of Ledger’s mental struggle was revealed one month after his death in 2008.
The artist has a hotel in Brisbane named after him, which is filled with his paintings.
Vincent, a four-time Archibald People’s Choice prize winning artist, likes to spend time with his subjects before painting them, adding a personal relationship to his creative idea before putting his brush on the canvas.
Read more in this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine
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