The member of The Saturdays has learned to feel comfortable in her own skin after feeling 'least confident' when she was in her 20s performing with her bandmates.
- Apr 3, 2023
AceShowbiz - Frankie Bridge became "least confident" when she was in The Saturdays. The 34-year-old star first shot to stardom as a member of S Club Juniors when she was just 12 years old before going on to secure a place in the girlband and she admitted she constantly used to compare herself to the rest of the "Ego" hitmakers, much to the detriment of her self-esteem.
"I was least confident in my 20s. It's no surprise that it coincided with being in a girlband. I'd find myself comparing myself with the other girls. That was so unhealthy but I do find that I do it less now," she said.
Frankie - who has sons Parker, nine, and Carter, seven, with husband Wayne Bridge - also admitted she feels a lot more comfortable going without make-up now than she ever used to. She said, "When I was younger, it was a case of the more make-up the better."
"The more pairs of eyelashes I had on, the happier I was, and that was what gave me confidence. Then I went through a stage where my skin was really bad and I had to train myself not to wear make-up, to help repair it. Now, being make-up-free is when I feel most confident, which I never thought would be the case. When I'm comfortable in my own skin, that's when I feel confident within myself."
The "Issues" singer has found her confidence has grown since she had her children. She told Britain's HELLO! magazine, "I've always had anxiety and I assumed having kids would make it worse, but it got better, because I don't have time to think about all the things that might go wrong."
"There's nothing like a child to make you realise that you can't control everything in life. I can try to wrap my kids in cotton wool, but they're going to fall over. Someone's going to make them cry. I can't protect them from everything, and seeing how much kids live in the moment helped me feel more confident."