Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash recreated a family holiday photograph eight years on as they visited Los Angeles this week. The television star, 36, joked "what the hell have I been feeding them?" as she showed the difference in her brood in a new Instagram post shared on Monday.
Stacey and Joe, 44, posed with her sons Zachary, 18, and Leighton, 14, along with their children Rex, seven, Rose, four, and Belle, three, in one of the current photographs.
In the original picture it was just the couple, who were kissing, with Stacey's two older sons standing beside them as young boys next to a bright pink wall.
Stacey wrote in the caption of her post: "Now Vs Then… swipe to go back in time 8 years - back in the same spot where me & Joe took our first holiday with the boys. So grateful to do it all again with the little pickles. But all I keep thinking when I look at these pictures side by side is 'what the hell have I been feeding them the last 8 years'."
Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are known to viewers from Loose Women, X Factor and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, and the pair also front the BBC series Sort Your Life Out. They married in 2022 and share a home in Essex called Pickle Cottage with their children.
Swimming lessons with Belle
The Los Angeles trip follows a separate family holiday earlier this month, during which Stacey posed in a pink bikini as she shared photographs with her daughter Belle while teaching her to swim.
The images, taken by Stacey's brother, showed her in the swimming pool with Belle, teaching the youngster how to jump into the water without a swim aid.
Stacey said the pair looked "happy and beautiful" in the photographs. She captioned the post: "Happy. My brother took these photos of Belle & me today and I love them so much. I was teaching her how to swim & jump in without her swim aid. Happy Tuesday everyone. We look so happy & beautiful, and we are."
Poolside video with sister Jemma
The same holiday also produced a lighthearted video showing Stacey larking about in the swimming pool with her influencer sister, Jemma. In the clip, Stacey struck a pose in a black one-piece swimsuit, flashing a smile and showing off her tan before joining Jemma for the pool antics.
The video began with the pair posing elegantly by the poolside under the caption "How we think we look in the pool VS." Chaos then broke out as Stacey jokingly throttled her sister before grabbing her leg and flipping her over, with the caption changing to "How we actually look."
As the sisters collapsed into fits of laughter, the camera zoomed in on a fellow holidaymaker sitting in a hot tub behind them, looking on in mock bewilderment. Stacey explained in the post that she and Jemma had met the woman that same morning in the swimming pool, and she had agreed to appear in their video.
The post drew a wave of positive comments from fans, many of whom praised the close bond between Stacey and Jemma.
Divorce rumours dismissed
The Los Angeles trip comes months after Stacey moved to dismiss rumours that her marriage to Joe was in trouble. Speaking on the Sort Your Life Out Unpacked podcast in May, she said: "Who cares if the whole world is like: 'Oh, they're on the brink of divorce'? Being in the public eye I think creates certain pressures, but not on our relationship because half the time what they're saying: 'If we know it's not true, who cares?'"
She added: "Sometimes I fancy the pants off him and can't wait to come home to see him." Stacey went on: "Sometimes I'm like: 'Get out of my stratosphere, stay away from me.' I think we're just like any other couple."
The split rumours had intensified following reports earlier this year that Stacey and Joe were yet to formally register their marriage.
