I didn’t speak to my husband Piers Morgan for six weeks and it was incredibly good for us, reveals Celia Walden
PIERS Morgan’s wife Celia has credited her happy marriage to a six week “sabbatical” and said it revived their relationship.
The couple, who have been married for 12 years, didn’t speak to each other last summer following a “long pandemic”.
Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine last year, TalkTV star Celia said she and Piers “didn’t have any problems before” but their relationship was given a “reboot”.
Speaking to Christine Lampard, she said: “It was very good for both of us.”
Celia then continued: “We didn’t have many phone calls, but we did message and I just found it so exciting when we saw each other again.
“It felt like the early days of our marriage or even the early days of dating and I love that.”
Celia then went on to say that when they did reunite, they didn’t stop talking and had a good catch-up.
“He’s very pleased to be allowed back into the fold, because I think men do like their wives to be around a lot of the time, at least I think they do. He’s in fine form,” she said.
Reflecting on her column where she described the idea of this sabbatical, the journalist and author added: “Sometimes, it’s not that there’s anything in particular that’s wrong, but it grinds to a bit of a halt, and you reboot it and suddenly it comes back to life.
“We had just over five weeks apart over the summer, and to be fair, it was sort of work-necessitated because Piers was interviewing serial killers, which he found preferable to being married to me, and I was working in LA, so he was all over.”
Speaking about those who are struggling in marriage, Celia warned: “If you have any problem with your marriage, don’t do it.
“It doesn’t always make the heart grow fonder does it, if you’re in a perilous place for whatever reason.”
The couple were wed in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, in a private ceremony on 24 June 2010.
A year later Celia gave birth to their first child together, Elise Pughe-Morgan, now 11 years old.