Former Coronation Street star Lucy-Jo Hudson has opened up about the challenge of co-parenting with ex-husband Alan Halsall following their public fallout.
Lucy-Jo, who played Katy Harris in the ITV soap, welcomed her baby son Carter with partner Lewis Devine back in February, while she shares six-year-old daughter Sienna with Alan.
Lucy-Jo and Alan divorced in 2018 after nine years of marriage, but continue to raise Sienna together. However, when Lewis referred to her as "our daughter" on social media, it sparked a furious response from Alan and rumours of a feud.
In a since deleted Instagram post, Alan wrote: "You’re welcome to keep the lying cheating one & call her your own! But not my daughter."
Now, speaking to OK!, Lucy-Jo has opened up about how she ignored the drama and continues to co-parent Sienna with Alan.
"I had literally just given birth to Carter when he posted that so I didn’t see it and my head was elsewhere. He quickly deleted it so he must have regretted it," she said.
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"I didn’t bother bringing it up with him. Lew and I were both too focused on Carter so it just didn’t get our attention."
After Lewis clarified that there wasn't actually a fallout over the social media exchange, Lucy-Jo continued: "No, but the thing is, everybody who has a blended family knows it’s not easy. You can’t pretend that it is.
"Me and Alan sometimes have different views on raising Sienna so trying to co-parent can be challenging. It’s probably like that for a lot of blended families.
"But Lewis and I try to keep things like that very private. Sienna isn’t aware of what happened and all that matters is that she has loving parents on both sides."
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