Jessica Mauboy opens up in rare interview about married life: 'Doesn’t define me'

Jessica Mauboy has opened up about married life in a rare interview, with the 34-year-old saying it 'doesn't define' her.

The singer first met her now-husband, Themeli Magripilis, when she was 18, with the pair tying the knot a little over a year ago.

"When I think of marriage, you think of this vision of being home, having children, doing home things, it is a very old school mentality that I grew up with," she told The Daily Telegraph. "Having absorbed and seen my friends having children and being married, it’s a very different take today, you know? My kind of vision now is that I’m a strong woman, I may be married, but that doesn’t tie me down to the married life. It doesn’t define me."

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The singer has managed to keep her relationship private, saying that it "works for me" and it's "really very previous to me".

During the interview, The Voice judge also revealed she hopes to do more film and TV work, with her last acting credit being The Secret Daughter in 2017.

The singer revealed how she and Themeli met, telling Show + Tell in 2015, "I was dared to walk across the room in the club and pinch this guy."

"At the time I didn't know who he was, but my friends had known of him and thought he was a very handsome man. It was a dare to start off with ... to go through the crowd and pinch his bottom!"

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"I'm the one who made the move and ended up getting his number from a really good friend," Jess admitted.

"I texted and said 'I'd really like this to work, how about you?' and I didn't think I would do anything in my life like that."

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