Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash to star in reality show about their lives with 6 children

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are to throw open the doors of Pickle cottage with a fly-on-the-wall documentary about life with six children.

The former X-Factor star, 34, and the ex-EastEnders star, 42, are said to have landed a big pay cheque to take viewers inside their sprawling £1.2 million Essex home to show the highs and lows of family life with a large brood.

An insider told The Sun: “Stacey and Joe are such homebodies and love nothing more than spending time with their children. The series is set to be a huge hit, given the chaos that comes with a big family.

“Stacey and Joe will also not hold back when it comes to showing the highs and lows of family life. Fans can expect to see an unfiltered version of a busy household.”

Recently, the candid couple revealed they no longer share a bed.

The couple have a son Rex, five, and daughters Rose, two, and 16-month-old Belle together, while Stacey has Leighton, 12, and Zachary, 16, and Joe has Harry, 16, from previous relationships. They admitted having ‘three kids in four years’ has changed their sleeping arrangements.

Speaking on Celebrity Gogglebox, after watching a clip from The Nevermet,, Joe said: “We used to have pillow talk, didn’t we?”

Stacey replied: “We used to sleep in bed together, do you remember that? Before we had three kids in four years!”

Joe then mimicked Stacey as he said: ”I’ll go in Rex’s bed with the baby, all right?” and Stacey answered: “It’s what happens, innit babe?'”

Meanwhile, Stacey recently admitted she might one day decide to become a stay-at-home mum.

Speaking on the Glad We Had This Chat podcast, she told host Caroline Hirons: “I’m a phenomenal mum. I’m done with mum guilt. If you’re the mum who loves to be out at work, and I’m the mum who’s like, oh, I love playing at home. They’re both good mums. I don’t understand why one is better than the other in my opinion.

“Whatever phase of life I’m at, I might be this mum right now. But in two years’ time, if, let’s say, I’ve decided to stay at home and never work again, I might be like, I want to go back to work. Does that make me a bad mum? No, no, it makes me a human that my children can see that I am still a human being. Not just mum.

“I’m not a mythical creature with no feelings and no ambitions.”

The Loose Women panellist was then asked if she had ever thought about having more children and failed to give a definitive answer but explained that Belle was a complete surprise anyway.

She said: “Oh, no. I have. I have and I haven’t [thought about more kids.] But even we were shocked at Belle because we weren’t planning to have another baby. We were definitely planning a break.”

“Rex and Rose were only a couple of years apart and Rose was like six months old. But yeah, well, apparently you only need to have sex once and you’ll get pregnant.”

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