I’m a multimillionaire answering questions you’re dying to ask… no, I’ve no idea what milk costs & last cleaned in ’99
BRIT millionaire Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, famed for spoiling his eight children rotten, has revealed that he’s so rich he doesn’t know how much a pint of milk costs.
The 52-year-old, who is worth a staggering £200 million from investments and global health companies, is so rich that a loaf of bread cost 20p last time he went to a supermarket.
Barrie first made headlines in 1999 when he and ex-husband Tony, 57, became Britain’s first gay dads to welcome children via surrogate.
Since then, he has amazed people with his fatherly generosity, including splashing £4 million on treating his brood last Christmas.
Barrie’s children with Tony are 23-year-old twins Saffron and Aspen, son Orlando, 18, and 12-year-old twins Jasper and Dallas.
He also has a son named Colin, who is now in his thirties, from a previous relationship.
More recently with fiance Scott Hutchinson, 28, Barrie has welcomed two-year-old daughter Valentina and ten-month-old-baby Romeo, both via surrogate.
“I have no idea what anything in the supermarket costs,” he exclusively tells Fabulous. “The chef and house manager do all the food shopping.
“I have no idea what milk or bread costs. I used to know but have no idea now.
“I know a lot of people are going through a rough time right now with high interest rates and I truly feel for them.”
The Manchester-born businessman hasn’t cleaned anything since 1999 and doesn’t remember the last time he cooked dinner.
“If I spend my time cooking, I’m not making money,” he says. “And I love making money.
“I’m good at it and not so good these days at cooking, so I say do more of what you’re good at!
“I can earn a million pounds a day, so I really don’t have time to spend three hours a day cooking.”
He has a 150 people strong team of staff across his property portfolio, including 23 maids and a team of chefs who he says “love their jobs”.
Barrie’s main home is a £6 million ten-bedroom mansion in Florida, which he shares with ex-husband Tony and fiance Scott so they can co-parent their children.
They live as “dad, daddy and stepdad” to the children in “a very 21st-century family set-up”.
Barrie has a total of seven lavish homes across the globe, including a £6 million mansion in Essex.
Each property has a “manager” in charge of making the home run smoothly, both when the Drewitt-Barlow family is there and not.
“One of the hardest things to find is a good maid,” Barrie says. “In the USA it’s a lot easier than in the UK.
“We struggle to find them here, but when you find a good one, they are like gold dust.
“A truly good maid makes sure she is on top of everything without it being a drama.
“They should always be seen and not heard.”
The rich family travel between their lavish homes on private jets – but if no jets are available, Barrie will check everyone into first-class seats.
“We tend to get a lot of attention when we go out as a family,” he adds. “And if we travel economy we end up with way too many distractions with the other passengers talking to the kids.
“It’s one of my pet hates. I don’t mind people who see us on the TV or read about us in newspapers coming and saying ‘hi’ to me or Scott, but don’t come up to my kids.
“That’s a big no-no for me. Sometimes it is easier to just take a jet.”
INSIDE BARRIE’S UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE
Barrie and Tony, who became civil partners in 2006, made history in 1999 when they became the first same-sex couple to be listed as “parent one” and “parent two” instead of “mother” and “father” on the birth certificate of their twins.
The dads won an historic court battle to get their names listed.
Twins Saffron and Aspen were conceived using both men’s sperm and a donor egg from the US.
Since then, the family have spent £1 million growing their brood, with Orlando, now 17, born in 2003.
Orlando is technically triplet to older siblings Saffron and Aspen, but the egg and sperm was kept on ice.
Then came ten-year-old twins Jasper and Dalllas in 2010.
Barrie and Tony married in 2014 but separated three years later – with Barrie going on to become engaged to his former PA, Scott, and Tony meeting his new partner Brent.
Scott is the ex-boyfriend of the couple’s daughter, Saffron.
Barrie and Scott’s daughter, Valentina, who was conceived using both of their sperm, was born in 2020.
Romeo was born on 12th August 2022 via emergency C-Section.
Barrie has faced a lot of backlash for spoiling his children with ten holidays a year, limitless designer wardrobes and all the supercars money can buy – but he refuses to apologise.
“I routinely buy investment property for my children because I want them to be sorted for when they are older,” he adds.
The clan celebrate Easter with a £8k bash, while Christmas calls for a £4 million blowout on gifts, decorations and chef-prepared meals.
Among his recent extravagant purchases are a £2.5 million yacht for little Romeo and a £1 million home with a £5 million trust fund for his new granddaughter.
Barrie’s oldest daughter Saffron gave birth to little Marina last month, meaning she became a multimillionaire before she was even a month old.
The new mum has similarly made headlines, including from her lavish Las Vegas wedding in May as she tied the knot with millionaire property tycoon, Conor Tucker, from Cheshire.