IT’S still very much a man’s world for Boyzone star Shane Lynch who insists: I like a woman to stay at home and raise the kids.
The singer and Prodrift racer, 36, and his wife Sheena have two daughters, Billie Rae, four, and baby Marley Mae, who is just four months.
And Shane is glad that his wife is happy to be a full-time mum to the girls — as he would not like the mother of his children to work outside the home.
He said: “I couldn’t possibly be married to someone who was working if we had kids. I don’t know how people do it.
“I like a traditional house, where a woman stays at home to raise the children and the man goes to work.”
Sheena and Shane have been together for ten years, tying the knot in a secret ceremony in 2007.
They live with their two girls in the English countryside in Surrey, with Shane travelling regularly to attend motor races.
And while Sheena loves home life, she told how she is aware that not everyone has the luxury like she does.
She said: “I’m a stay-at-home mum and I love it. To me it’s the most important job in the world.
“I’m raising people who might be running the country one day, but obviously I understand not everybody can afford to do that.
“If you have to work, you have to work. Somebody needs to bring home the bacon. I’m in a very fortunate position where I can stay at home and look after my children.”
But while Sheena reckons Shane would be understanding if she did want a job, the Dubliner insisted his preference is having a traditional stay-at-home wife.
Speaking about the possibility of a nanny minding the children, he said: “I don’t want to get a nanny just so she can go to work. That’s nonsense.”
Sheena said Shane helps share the workload when he’s not working.
She added: “When he’s around he is very helpful. If he’s not working, he gets up with the kids.”
Shane hopes they will recognise his sacrifice to provide a good life for them.
He told OK magazine: “My father wasn’t around much when I was growing up because he was out trying to provide for his family.
“I respect that and I hope my girls will feel the same when they’re older.”
FOR the full interview see this week’s OK magazine
