Gary Barlow wants to return to “normal” life following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gary Barlow
The Take That singer had a “nice time” spending several months at home with wife Dawn and their kids Daniel, 20, Emily, 18, and 11-year-old Daisy amid the coronavirus lockdown rules in the UK but he admitted he’s “tired” of living under restrictions now and wants his regular life back.
He said: “It's funny because I have a few tiers to my life, but when I'm a songwriter and a recording artist, this is kind of what it's like.
"We sit in a room all day and don't see anybody. And it's quite nice.
"But it's definitely been a bit unusual. We had all our children with us -so it was a really nice time together - but I think I'm like everyone else, I'm tired of it now. I want to try and get back to normal. The novelty has worn off."
And the 49-year-old pop star relieved the pandemic made Emily rethink her plans to go to university.
Speaking to Heat magazine, he said: "She was going to university and should have been there now but she thought, with all this, it would just all be online and she didn't want to do it. I don't blame her.
"She's quite a home bird, so I don't actually think she's got any plans to travel even.
"She's going to pass her driving test and stuff like that, you know, so I don't mind. I think we put too much pressure on kids to achieve things. I'm quite happy for her to just do what she wants to do for a year. Why not?"
Gary admitted he’s disappointed none of his kids will follow in his musical footsteps.
Asked if any of them want to pursue a pop career, he answered: "Sadly not - none of them. They're all quite studious actually. They're doing all the stuff I never did because I left school at 16 - I was too busy working. But they're more interested in psychology and sport and fitness, all this stuff. Whatever makes them happy."
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