Like many women in the UK and around the world, Kelly Brook does not have children.

And yet, like many others, the former Big Breakfast presenter feels judged by other people for not going down the parenthood route.

In 2011, Brook and her ex, rugby player Thom Evans, suffered a miscarriage when she was six months pregnant; something she describes as “a real loss and a difficult time”.

Now she’s in a happy relationship with model Jeremy Parisi, and has decided that children probably won’t feature in their future together.

“I’ve sat down and asked myself: ‘Do I really want to have children? Is this something I really want to do?’” the 39-year-old tells Fabulous magazine in a new interview. “And I’ve realised that actually it’s not something I’ve always wanted and I’m fine with it.”

But she says, “I think there’s a stigma attached [to being child-free], and it can be really unkind.

“It’s not anyone else’s business how you live your life. I’m actually quite a selfish person – I can barely get myself out the front door, let alone go and do a school run.”

Kelly Brook: I feel judged for not having children