Hamish Blake Says His Wife Has No Interest in Night Duty
Comedian Hamish Blake, 44, says he sleeps in the spare bedroom while his wife Zoe Foster Blake sleeps on another level of their home. He told a podcast the arrangement comes down to noise management and a daughter who likes company at night.
Comedian Hamish Blake, 44, says he sleeps in the spare bedroom while his wife, Zoe Foster Blake, sleeps on another level of their home. He made the admission on the Mitch Churi Chat Show, and it shows how a wife interest hamish blake's fans can laugh about is also part of a wider trend.
Blake said the reason is "noise management issues". He was on the podcast to promote his new Stan show, Unskilled Adult.
A family arrangement
The setup suits the household, he said. "Like a lot of families, it's probably temporary, but our daughter enjoys parental company through the night," Blake said.
His wife is not keen on the night shift. "My wife has no interest in that and is happy to sacrifice her husband to put me in the firing line of being that parental company," he said.
Foster Blake, founder of the skin care brand Go-To, sleeps in the master bedroom. Blake said he "remembers fondly" that room.
The Executive Level
Blake joked about the layout. The spare bedroom, he said, is like "student accommodation".
"It's me and the two kids' bedrooms on that floor, and Zoe is upstairs. Upstairs is called the Executive Level," he quipped. "I'm on the employee level. And sometimes, the boss does visit. She'll come down."
Visits the other way are rare. "Very rarely do we have the guts to visit the CEO because she could be asleep, and we don't want to wake her up," he said.
A growing trend
Australian sleep expert Olivia Arezzolo told Yahoo Lifestyle the practice is known as "sleep divorce". She said around 18 per cent of couples have adopted it recently.
"Years ago [sleep] was an afterthought. Now, it's a key priority," Arezzolo said. "We are aware it has a significant impact on how we show up the next day."
Relationship expert Melissa Ferrari previously told Yahoo Lifestyle that separate beds were once seen as a red flag, but no longer. "To be in a relationship, you've got to make allowances, and you've got to understand that not everything your partner does is a symbol of whether they love you or not," she said.
People sleep apart for many reasons, including different sleep schedules or different temperature needs.
