AS his attractive spouse walked the crimson carpet in a good strapless robe simply 11 weeks after giving beginning, Jamie Laing couldn’t resist boasting about her being again to work.
But in truth Sophie Habboo hadn’t actually taken any time without work – filming continued for his or her new Disney reality show solely days after having son Ziggy. And whereas on digital camera and social media, the pair have made being new parents appear to be a breeze. But we are able to reveal the couple have been secretly struggling behind the scenes.
Their relationship actually hasn’t at all times been straightforward – from mismatched libidos to dishonest scandals and arguments so unhealthy one among them even packed a bag to go away, however we’re instructed issues actually reached a boiling level lately.
An insider defined: “Sophie and Jamie truly had a extremely troublesome time filming.
“They didn’t actually count on it to be as a lot stress as it was, and a part of them needs they’d by no means agreed to do it.
“It’s by no means straightforward for first-time parents, and the added stress of being filmed was a lot more durable than they ever thought. It’s not like filming Made In Chelsea.
“Their households have been naturally involved about what they have been taking over, particularly for Sophie, who has been pressured to be camera-ready so quickly.
“It’s taken a toll on them, but despite the doubts, they are really pleased with the final outcome. It’s raw and unfiltered and will really give people a glimpse into what life is really like for them.”
The couple, who welcomed Ziggy in December, lately shared the primary take a look at Raising Chelsea, which guarantees to be a “no-holds-barred whirlwind journey of the next chapter.”
Fans are actually eager to see the reality of their lives, after Jamie has discovered himself beneath fireplace for some ill-advised social media posts since becoming a dad.
The 37-year-old candy firm proprietor was accused of creating different new mums really feel insufficient as he confirmed off about Sophie internet hosting the Baftas.
It was an unimaginable achievement to be on the crimson carpet simply 11-weeks after Ziggy’s beginning, which might fill most new parents with horror.
He later backtracked and shared some photos of Sophie in her trackies – make-up free, writing: “Don’t believe everything you see.”
In December, he was slammed for measuring Sophie’s achievements by how postpartum she was, this time simply 21 days.
“POV: your wife is 3 weeks postpartum and still creates a magical Christmas,” he boasted. Fans slammed the submit as ‘insensitive’, with one commenting, “This is super unrealistic.”
It fell significantly flat as a result of simply earlier than the couple splashed the cash on a £14k a week retreat with 24-hour child care, massages and Michelin star cooks.
Deep parenting fears
Jamie’s response to parenthood has additionally been fascinating. Only months earlier than asserting they have been having a child, he candidly admitted his deep fears about becoming a dad, which might ring alarm bells for some girls.
Speaking on his personal Great Company podcast, he stated: “I would love to have one, but it surely has been an actual lengthy street as a result of I used to be actually afraid of infants and I used to be actually afraid of dedication.
“The concept of not with the ability to escape one thing, with work and even divorce, there’s at all times a means out. But with a child, there’s no means out.
“There is not any means out since you are dedicated to that little human endlessly, and that for me is de facto fairly scary.
Jamie added: “[It’s] still really scary, it is a real fear. To the point where at the start of last year, Sophie thought she was pregnant, and I had to leave the restaurant because I was so stressed.”
He made the feedback in January of 2025, and by June, the couple had introduced they have been anticipating. Jamie was pressured to face his fears head-on and with nowhere to cover.
Discussions about filming all of it have been effectively underway – the subsequent chapter was occurring, and with a digital camera crew in tow.
It was nonetheless intitially going to be a relatively totally different show – their ex co-stars Louise Thompson, Millie Mackintosh, Hugo Taylor and Ryan Libby have been additionally on account of seem within the collection.
We beforehand instructed how the {couples} had all already began filming however have been brutally culled.
They have been all livid and Sophie and Jamie have been accused of “snaking” their one-time castmates and “hijacking” a money-spinning deal with Disney+.
A pal stated on the time: “They had all been signed to the highest secret Disney challenge, after which Jamie snaked them, is what we’re being instructed…
“They had all signed up, and even began filming on the challenge, with Disney eager to construct on its reality TV assortment.
“But then Jamie and Habs got pregnant. Disney agreed the main target ought to be on them alone as a result of their podcast goes nice weapons, they’ve been given a Radio 1 show and Jamie’s ultra marathon efforts endeared him to the nation.
“The different 4 have been minimize out, and left excessive and dry.
“Beyond that, they’d turned down filming for Beyond Chelsea (the spin-off MIC show) so have actively misplaced further cash as effectively as, clearly, the unique six-figure deal.
“They’re absolutely livid and feel they’ve been snaked. There is huge animosity and it is all incredibly awkward – not least because Chelsea isn’t a huge place so they are bound to bump into one another in bars and shops. It’s pretty explosive.”
A rocky street to romance
It was yet one more reminder that Sophie and Jamie are not any regular parents – they met and fell in love on telly, and it’s been removed from clean crusing.
In reality, Jamie wasn’t even on Sophie’s radar when she joined the Made in Chelsea solid again in 2017. Six months into her stint, she started dating fellow reality TV star Sam Thompson.
She ended issues, although, as a result of he was giving her “too much attention”, and it was round this time that she and Jamie started to hang around as greatest pals.
During a televised journey to South Africa in 2019, Jamie realised he had emotions for Sophie however didn’t make a transfer so as to not upset his shut buddy and Sophie’s ex, Sam.
By the time summer season got here round, rumours that the 2 have been relationship started to swirl, and Sam was not completely satisfied.
However, simply 4 months into completely relationship one another again in 2019, Jamie cheated on Sophie.
At a Made in Chelsea backyard get together, Rosi Mai Walden revealed she had been seeing Jamie on the identical time as Sophie, and he even slept with each girls on the identical day.
Sophie was fast to name Jamie out for his behaviour and put an finish to their budding romance.
She instructed him: “You have been my buddy and also you’ve embarrassed me a lot.
“You slept with Rosi within the morning and slept with me that night. I’ve bought each single message on my cellphone. I don’t care when you don’t like me, however I believed you have been an awesome individual.
“I thought you were the best person ever, and you’re not. You’re bad. You’re a mean person.”
After two weeks of no contact, she determined to offer him one other probability, offered he would work on his infidelity.
Just a yr later, the couple moved in collectively in a rented flat in Notting Hill, London.
A yr after transferring in collectively, the pair introduced their engagement in late 2021 and began their podcast, NearlyWeds.
The pair have been fast to spill the tea on the inside workings of their relationship – together with their intercourse lives – or lack thereof.
On one episode of their podcast, the pair joked that their libidos have been fully out of sync.
“I honestly would have sex every day,” Jamie instructed their listeners.
He added that his spouse had a a lot decrease libido than him, joking that she “would have sex every five years.”
However, Sophie clarified that she would even have intercourse as much as twice a yr, on particular events.
“No, I’d have it on your birthday and at Christmas, and that would be perfectly [fine],” she stated.
‘Low libido’ and lazy between the sheets
Speaking to the Sun, Jamie admitted that for the reason that pair wed in 2023, their intercourse life has grow to be even more durable work.
He revealed he was “lazy” with regards to spicing issues up, including, “Sophie did say I used to be lavatory commonplace at intercourse, and that’s in all probability a good description.
“You worsen as you get married. You grow to be lazy.
“I used to start out doing joined-up handwriting, then I believed, ‘I can’t be bothered with that as it’s faster for me to not do it joined up’, I’m a bit like that within the bed room.
“I don’t give up halfway but I do remember that once I rolled on top of Sophie and she said, ‘Oh, get on with it’.”
Sophie additionally admitted that Jamie threatens to stroll out on their marriage “twice a year”.
Talking on the podcast, together with her husband laughing within the background, she instructed their listeners: “When Jamie’s actually, actually indignant with me, when now we have had the worst battle ever, what he does is he’ll are available in, and he’ll go, ‘Sophie – I’m leaving you’.
“And he does it, perhaps, I’d say twice a yr.
“He’ll be like, ‘I don’t want you to react. But there’s no point in talking to me. I am leaving you. I’ve got my backpack, and I’m going’. And I go, ‘all right’.”
Of course, neither of them has truly ever left. Being trustworthy about their emotions is a giant a part of their model – and there’s lots extra of the place that got here from on their new show.
Sophie Habboo and Jamie Laing – relationship timeline
MADE In Chelsea stars Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo stated I Do in 2023. Here’s their love story.
- The couple first met whereas showing within the E4 show Made In Chelsea.
- During a visit to South Africa, which aired in direction of the tip of MIC collection 17, Jamie started to understand he had emotions for Sophie.
- The couple first bought collectively in 2019 however endured numerous obstacles together with a dishonest scandal throughout the identical yr, as he slept with Rosi Mai Waldon whereas the pair have been completely relationship.
- Jamie and Sophie managed to efficiently put the previous behind them and introduced their engagement in 2021.
- They had a London wedding in April 2023.
- Shortly after, Jamie and Sophie flew to Spain to get married on the Marbella Club surrounded by 200 friends.
- In June 2025, the completely satisfied couple introduced they were expecting their first child together.
- In December 2025, Sophie gave birth to their son Ziggy.
