Jamie Oliver says Jools' love of the Kardashians has left him 'damaged'


The celebrity chef has opened up about his wife's love of reality TV


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Gemma Strong
Gemma StrongOnline Digital News Director
May 9, 2017
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Jamie Oliver has joked that falling asleep to the sound of Keeping Up With The Kardashians has "damaged" him. During an appearance on Australian radio show Fitzy &Wippa on Nova FM this week, the celebrity chef opened up about his happy home life with Jools and their five children – and also shared one of his wife's more annoying habits. "We're completely different sleepers," he admitted. "I think there's quite a few women like her. Basically our wallpaper, our kind of melodic tone that set us off – well, not us, her! – is the Kardashians. I think I subliminally go to bed every night with all that going on in my ear."

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Jamie Oliver has revealed Jools' love of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

He continued: "I try to be a balanced, nice, normal person and I have that daft sort of… it's ridiculous, isn't it? I know everyone likes it, but… And when it's not the Kardashians, it's The Only Way Is Essex or Geordie Shore. I don't know what it is! And when you're not seeing the pictures… At least when you watch it you can see something quite funny. But when it's sonic… I think it's damaged me!"

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Jamie, 41, also opened up about being a father to five children, joking: "I don't know what happened there… Well, I do know what happened!" Asked if he would like to expand his family further, he replied: "Jools did say [five] is an unlucky, uneven number, which frightened me!... I would go to have the operation if I wasn't frightened about Facetime live, and how easily pushed over surgeons are in the UK."

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Jamie and Jools share five children together

Jools and Jamie have been married since 2000 and share five children together: Poppy Honey, 15, Daisy Boo, 14, Petal Blossom, eight, six-year-old Buddy Bear and River Rocket, who was born last August. Jools recently told Vogue he would consider having another child. "I'll never really draw the line," she said. "[River]'s six months now, so we're past the really difficult sleepless first few months. He's such a joy. I'm getting older, but I'd definitely do it again if I could. I think Jamie's finished, but you just never know!"

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