Leilani Dowding EXCLUSIVE: 'People think you're an ice queen!' RHOC star, 39, reveals she doesn't want children and she feels 'insecure' on the show as she hasn't had any surgery
By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline
Published: 12:28 EST, 30 September 2019 | Updated: 13:11 EST, 30 September 2019
Leilani Dowding has revealed that she isn't broody and that she doesn't want children despite receiving stigma for her choice.
The former page three model who is now on The Real Housewives of Cheshire, 39, also admitted that she sometimes feels 'insecure' on the show as she has a 'lot more lines' that her co-stars as she hasn't had any surgery.
Leilani, who is in a relationship with The Cult's Billy Duffy, 58, exclusively spoke to MailOnline in a candid chat about her life.
Children: Leilani Dowding has revealed that she isn't broody and that she doesn't want children despite receiving stigma for her choice
Talking about her decision not to have children and not 'feeling broody', she said: 'The sad thing is, at the moment if you don't want children, as I have got older, I haven't wanted to have children and people think there's something wrong with me.
'Or they think you're an ice queen or a mean person if you don't want them, but I think motherhood is one of the most important jobs in the world. If you want to do it, do it properly.
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'I love my life how it is, I don't think I would have time or make time to raise children properly how a child should be raised not because I am a bad person. Some people are like, "What's wrong this person? Every woman wants kids." It's not like that, I just don't have the energy, I love my life how it is.
'There is a stigma attached and even people who can't have children are made to feel like something is wrong with them or they should be having children. For me, I have found that. People say "You'll never know a love like having a kid", I've heard that so many times, but no, I am really happy, I love my horses and I love my dogs.
Candid: The former page three model who is now on The Real Housewives of Cheshire, 39, also admitted that she sometimes feels 'insecure' on the show as she has a 'lot more lines' that her co-stars as she hasn't had any surgery (pictured with her niece)
'People will say: "Yeah, but you haven't had a kid!", I've heard this about a million times and I still don't want any kids! My sister just had a niece and everyone was like, "Leilani, you are going to be so broody when your niece comes - it's flesh and blood!"
'But I wasn't, I love my niece and want to spend loads of time with her, but I get to give her back to her mum. I even went and bought another horse three months later... if this didn't make me broody then nothing probably will.'
Although she sweetly added: 'I want to be the best aunt and maybe buy her a little pony, but I'm happy being an aunty!'
Leilani, who first appeared on Page 3 in 1999, is an advocate for natural beauty and hasn't had any surgery, choosing to age gracefully.
Smitten: Leilani, who is in a relationship with The Cult's Billy Duffy, 58, exclusively spoke to MailOnline in a candid chat about her life (pictured this month)
Yet the reality star admitted that she has felt under pressure and even insecure since starring on The Real Housewives of Cheshire as she has a 'lot more lines' that her co-stars.
She said: 'I just think it makes me really sad so many young people now doing it, I just don't know what it is but so many young people are doing fillers, lips, they are all morphing into one. It ages you, unless you're really old and need something doing.
'It does actually age you when you mess around with your face. If I went and did all my face now, people would think I was 50 trying to look 40, instead of 40 looking 40, it ages you as you see someone older trying to look younger.
'A lot of reality shows, people are doing that, if you take Game Of Thrones, you take all those female characters, all lovable and all look so different. When we all look different, it is the beauty of people, not when we all look the same. You loose the whole beauty of everyone's individuality.
Natural beauty: Leilani, who first appeared on Page 3 in 1999, is an advocate for natural beauty and hasn't had any surgery, choosing to age gracefully
'It makes me really sad, it's telling young people to not accept the way they are or do this to be better. Beauty comes from inside, someone can be beautiful but you meet that person and they're a horrible person, you view them very differently.
'I do get a lot of stick for it, lines on my forehead, I do feel a bit of pressure. When I'm with all my horsey and yoga friends with no make-up on, no one is paying attention to your looks. Then when I'm with the ladies and I'm like "Oh God, my face really is wrinkly and my boobs tiny!"
'I understand that there is that pressure out there but then you have to try and get back to normality and being grounded a little bit, remember, it is OK to be you!
'I said to Billy, "I don't care what anyone thinks, as long as you like how I look" and he goes "You don't even care what I think, if I did think you were wrinkly, you wouldn't change anyway!" I was like, you're right, I really don't care! For him, that's what he likes about me, I'm very comfortable in my own skin!
Sweet: 'I feel a bit insecure at times, I do have a lot more lines that the others and then I come back out and I'm with my dogs and I say: "Do you care about my lines?" Then they don't say anything because they are dogs'
'I feel a bit insecure at times, I do have a lot more lines that the others and then I come back out and I'm with my dogs and I say: "Do you care about my lines?" Then they don't say anything because they are dogs and I'm like: "Yeah, I don't care either!'
Leilani bravely spoke about her partner Billy's, 58, prostate cancer battle in the past on the Real Housewives Of Cheshire recently but she revealed he gave her permission to talk about it so they can raise awareness of the disease and encourage viewers to get checked.
She added that Billy is usually private yet he gave her his blessing to go on the explosive ITVBe series as he supports her, although he did have to check with his bandmate Ian Astbury, 57, who also gave his permission.
Career: The model, who first appeared on Page 3 in 1999 and used to be a Grid Girl, admitted that it is a shame that both of the careers have been stopped as it gave her a 'stepping stone' onto the property ladder and she owned three properties in her 20s
Leilani said: 'I've even managed to drag him on the show a few times as well, he has come across as really well. He is a nice supportive partner.
The model, who first appeared on Page 3 in 1999 and used to be a Grid Girl, admitted that it is a shame that both of the careers have been stopped as it gave her a 'stepping stone' onto the property ladder and she owned three properties in her 20s.
The Real Housewives of Cheshire continues on Mondays at 9pm on ITVBe.
Important: Leilani bravely spoke about her partner Billy's, 58, prostate cancer battle in the past on the RHOC recently but she revealed he gave her permission to talk about it so they can raise awareness of the disease and encourage viewers to get checked (pictured this month)
RHOC star Leilani Dowding, 39, reveals she doesn't want children
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