Daily Mail, Friday, August 16, 2019 Page 25Would you
go on holida
ywith your ex?
have been able to do it, but there
hadn’t. We had just fallen out
of love.’
As the Fosters began to unpack
in their family room at the hotel,
the children, noting the two
double beds, asked where they
were all sleeping.
Keeley quickly replied: ‘Girls
together and boys together.’
She adds: ‘I would get dressed in
the bathroom and Darren did the
same. When we went out fordinner, we made sure not to sit
next to each other. We didn’t want
anyone, including our children, to
get the wrong idea, but I’m sure
people assumed we were just a
standard family.
‘In fact, we actually got on better
then than we did when we
were together.’
The compensation for any
awkwardness was their children’s
joy — they even posed as a
foursome with the various Disneycharacters they encountered. ‘We
get on as best we can for them.
Our children are a connection for
life, whether we love each other or
not,’ says Keeley.
‘Turning in for the night didn’t
feel uncomfortable because the
beds were quite far apart.
‘However, when he started
snoring I thought: “God, I haven’t
missed that!” ’
As to the chances of repeating
the experience, Keeley tactfullysays: ‘Going on another holiday
with Darren wouldn’t be on my
bucket list.’
And Darren agrees it was a one-
off: ‘We got on fine, but I have a
new partner now so I wouldn’t do
it again.’
All three sets of parents have
been clear with their children that
there is no chance of them getting
back together.
‘At one time my youngest had a
romantic notion that we should betogether and had one of our
wedding photos at the side of her
bed,’ says Emily Wilkinson.
‘I talked to her about it and
said: “It’s great Dad and I can be
friends. A lot of people have
parents who can’t bear each other,
whereas we can happily spend
time together.”
‘It’s far better, in my view, for our
children to have parents who are
civil enough to hang out together
on holiday.’Gwyneth’s just done it and
Fergie’s sunning herself with
Andrew. The civilised way to split?
Or the most awkward trip ever?
Meet the separated couples with
very mixed postcards home...
Conscious recoupling: Exes Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin on holiday with their new loves
Brad Falchuk and Dakota Johnson last week. Right: Sarah Ferguson and Prince AndrewPicture: THEIMAGEDIRECT.COM / INDIGO/GETTY