X Factor icon Nicole Scherzinger has opened up about her plans for children (Picture: Dymond/Thames/Syco/REX)
Former X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger has said she ‘cannot wait’ to have children, but feels like ‘the clock is ticking’.
The 45-year-old Pussycat Dolls singer is as busy as ever, heading to Broadway after her Olivier-award winning turn as failing Hollywood star Norma Desmond in the West End production of Sunset Boulevard.
The adaption of the musical earned seven wins at the Olivier Awards this year, including best actress in a musical for Nicole.
The star is now making her Broadway debut in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, with opening night set for October 20.
And while her schedule is jam-packed, she’s admitted she’s going ‘to have to make time’ for children in the future.
Nicole, who is engaged to former rugby star Thom Evans after meeting on The X Factor: Celebrity, was asked if she wanted children during a recent interview.
‘Oh my gosh, I would love to,’ she told The Times.
‘I’ve never shied away from that. I can’t wait. It’s like the clock is ticking.
The 45-year-old has said she’ll make time in her busy schedule (Picture: David Fisher/REX)
Nicole is engaged to former rugby star Thom Evans after meeting on The X Factor: Celebrity (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
‘I want to have a baby but work calls. But I’m going to have to make time because, yes, I cannot wait to have children.’
Nicole announced her engagement to former Scottish rugby player Thom, 39, last June.
‘It’s nice, because he likes a system — he’s extremely organised and he’s extremely on time, which is the opposite of me, so he makes me so much better in that way.
‘I don’t know if all rugby players are like this but he’s the cleanest. He’s OCD like me and I just love it. It’s great.’
The US star was previously romantically linked to Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.
Nicole spoke about wanting to have kids with Thom just a year after dating (Picture: Claudio Lavenia/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR)
The star said having kids is ‘all about timing’ (Picture: PA)
Back in 2020, Nicole made it clear she had plans for kids with Thom, just a year after dating.
She said at the time: ‘He’s my man… the man of my dreams. I definitely want kids, at the right time.’
‘It is all about timing,’ she stressed to The Mirror, adding that it’s difficult for the couple to think about babies right now.
‘It’s kind of hard now because I’m supposed to be touring next year, so it’s just about timing [but] I’ve always wanted a family.’
It was reported that Thom had been trying to woo Nicole for as long as six years, before finally sweeping her off her feet while starring on X Factor.
He had been part of boyband Try Star, alongside fellow rugby stars Ben Foden and Levi Davis, who were eliminated in the show’s semi-final. Towie star Megan McKenna went on to win the series.
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