Piper, who has remained largely silent about her 2016 divorce from actor-turned-political activist Foxx, made the comments in an interview with British Vogue.
Friday 15 March 2024 19:12, UK
Laurence Fox has reacted after ex-wife Billie Piper claimed it was “very difficult” co-parenting their two children with the actor.
piperShe has remained largely silent about her divorce from political activist Foxx in 2016. made a comment In an interview with British Vogue magazine.
on friday, Fox He responded with an extended post on social media site X.
“The reality is that not all marriages work out, and the world is not perfect,” he wrote.
“But I take great exception to the assertion that co-parenting with me is extremely difficult.
“I have never tried to deny my sons access to their mother, and I have never wanted her to have anything other than a stable family.
“My sole focus for the past few years has been to be present in my children's lives and be a loving father. I'm not perfect, but I've tried my best to put my children first. I did.”
Fox claimed that Piper had taken her to court “more than a dozen times” since their breakup and “forced her to hand over more money that should have been used for her children's future.”
He also criticized the “secretive” family court system, claiming it was “very biased towards mothers” and “completely unfit for purpose”.
The former Lewis actor, who has reinvented himself in recent years as a self-described “anti-woke” activist and leader of the populist party Renewal, has found himself in the middle of society. Some high-profile controversies.
One of his recent controversies is He was removed from GB News for 'misogynistic' comments He talked about a female journalist on air. He later apologized.
in British Vogue interviewIn Friday's edition of the magazine, Piper said co-parenting her two children, ages 11 and 15, with Fox amid such controversy had been “extremely difficult.”
“I had to make some choices, but the divorce speaks for itself. I should at least get a divorce,” she said.
“The most important thing to me is privacy and anonymity for my children,” she said. “They have the right to develop their own identity and not be an extension of their parents.”
British Vogue said the interview with Piper, published online on March 15, was conducted days before the incident. A High Court judge ruled that Fox had defamed them. When he called them “pedophiles” on social media.
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When asked what she does when such drama happens on Fox, Piper said, “I shut everything down and I keep a very strict routine with my kids to keep things consistent. “Keep us away. That's all I can do.”
She hinted that she had asked friends and family not to talk about Foxx, saying, “I try not to let people say things to me, but it's really, really hard.
“I haven't read the book, but everyone wants to talk about it. Sometimes I have to say to people, 'Please, keep bringing this to me. Please don’t.”
