Yahoo News Paloma Faith pleads with married men during Glastonbury Festival speech
Paloma Faith opened up to the Glastonbury Festival audience after a rendition of her track 'Sweatpants', sharing the poignant reason behind her split from her husband.
The songstress, who took to the iconic Pyramid Stage barefoot, shared some candid relationship insights, saying that the "key to looking OK is loneliness", and credited her youthful looks at 42 to being alone, reports Somerset Live.
She went on to reveal that her appearance was less youthful during her marriage because she was with someone she resented. Paloma explained: "Because I looked a bit older when I was in a relationship with someone I resented. And I was sitting in the house... like stewing, just like (thinking) 'Oh you irritate me so much that I have to tell you everything today'."
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Paloma also had some choice words about dating apps, suggesting they make finding the perfect partner more difficult rather than easier. She offered advice to the crowd: "Try and stay together, but it's the resentment that's the problem. So all I'm asking, this is a plea, I'm talking about (heterosexual) men, if you are married... and I just want you to notice that if a woman does the same action every single day, it means it needs doing, so don't wait to ask to do it, just do it."
The 42 year old artist parted ways with her spouse Leyman Lahcine in 2022 after a decade-long relationship. They have two daughters, aged seven and three. Since their separation, Paloma has been juggling co-parenting with Lahcine and managing her thriving music career as a single mum.
In a recent interview, Paloma expressed her belief that women 'can't have it all' as men often fail to 'use their initiative' in parenting. "I don't believe we can have it all," she stated.
The star further confessed that she has been feeling 'a bit disgruntled about society's expectation on women'. She elaborated that women were promised they could 'work and have your own money and independence while raising children', but instead, they are burdened with 'far too much responsibility'. The singer added: "I think a lot of women are burning out."
While speaking to the Radio Times, she added: "Parenting is a full-time job. If you're also CEO of your own business like I am, then I'm meant to delegate to my partner, but that's a full-time job because they've not got any initiative. Paloma added that it is tiring as you have to 'sacrifice something' all the time."
Paloma concluded by saying that it is exhausting as one has to 'sacrifice something' constantly.
