RTE star Sinead Kennedy has said she won’t be giving it a second thought what people say about how she looks after welcoming her first child.
The Cork host has returned to our screens alongside Daithi O’Se and Maura Derrane on RTE’s Today show after giving birth to her daughter Indie in March last year.
But Sinead said she doesn’t care what viewers thinks of how she looks after giving birth – saying people will pass remarks on her weight regardless.
She said: “I’ve found at my heaviest or at my lightest, that people will pass remarks regardless.
"You’re either too slim, too heavy or your hair is awful; there’s always something and people, if they’re that way inclined, will pick you apart.
"So I haven’t given it a second thought. I’m happy in how I look.
"I mean I look tired because I am tired,” she said laughing.
Opening up about motherhood, the Winning Streak presenter said her daughter Indie has been the “making” of her.
“I just look at her and wonder how I got this lucky in life to deserve this gorgeous human being; she’s been the making of me. I’m a completely different person.
“I was always quite relaxed about having kids. It wasn’t this thing I was talking about from my 20s. I thought if it happened for us, great, but if it didn’t, that would be ok too. But when she arrived into the world, within 24 hours, I was completely different person,” she told the Rte Guide.
Sinead said Indie had made her more patient as a person.
“I’m far more relaxed, far less stressed. I know this sounds naff, but I really feel like I was made to do this and I’m so happy. I feel I found myself by becoming a mother.”
But the 38-year-old admitted she found she was anxious before her daughter’s birth in March, saying she believes a lot of women could be left “traumatised” over maternity restrictions due to Covid-19.
“The guidelines were changing all the time at that stage, and they were starting to say pregnant women were at risk, so I had a lot of anxiety towards the end.
“I went to all bar one on my own, but I was very lucky to have had such a healthy pregnancy because I cannot imagine going into those scans and getting bad news. There’s a lot to be said for having that support and the hand to hold.
“It’s so unfair in so many ways that you have to go through that on your own and I think a lot of people will come out the other side of this quite traumatised.”
