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Phoebe Burgess reveals details behind reunion with husband Sam
Phoebe Burgess has broken her silence on her reunion with NRL star husband Sam – following their high-profile split just weeks after the birth of their second child.
The 30-year-old former journalist made the shock reconciliation revelations while pledging to ‘protect her husband’ in the wake of scandals which have marred their past six months.
“We are together, we are married,” she confirmed to Stellar.
“Sam and I have good days and we’ll have trying days. We’ll have challenges but it’s how you deal with those challenges together. Every single person on this planet who is married knows it isn’t perfect. It’s never going to be perfect.”
Phoebe’s pledge of commitment comes six months after Sam Burgess and several of his teammates were embroiled in a highly publicised ‘sexting’ scandal, while Phoebe was heavily pregnant.
Some of the allegations centred around a young woman feeling ‘violated and disgusted’ after a FaceTime chat reportedly turned lewd without her consent.
Two months later Phoebe gave birth to the couple’s son, Billy, and two weeks after that Sam moved out of their multi-million dollar home at Maroubra in Sydney’s east.
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Controversy was compounded over Christmas when Phoebe and her children being absent from the Burgesses’ celebrations led to Sam’s sister-in-law Joanna calling it their ‘#bestoneyet’.
Lawyers were reportedly involved to divide the couple’s lucrative assets amid reports ‘things had been bad for a while’.
However, the turn of a new year appeared to mark a fresh start for the couple, who met in 2014, and rumours were quick to swirl that a reunion was imminent – despite both initially remaining tight-lipped.
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They were first spotted enjoying a family day out at Centennial Park back in February and made their first public appearance at a Sydney race day the following month.
“You can choose to internalise all the s*** that’s swirling around you, or you can choose to bunker down and concentrate on what’s important,” Phoebe said.
“Our ‘why’ is each other and our children. It’s our ‘why’ for everything. When you know what you want out of life, you’ll do anything to make that happen. Marriage takes work and commitment and resilience.”
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