In 2016, Bec Hewitt adamantly stated that she wouldn’t go back to acting for the sake of her three young children.
But the 35-year-old has announced that thirteen years after she quit her starring role on Home and Away, she will in fact be back on TV screens – as a host and reporter.
The former soap star will appear on the new weekly Channel Nine travel show, Hello World, The Daily Telegraph reports.
‘I think it’s the right time and the right job’: Former Home And Away star Bec Hewitt announces return to TV after quitting her acting career for motherhood 13 years ago
The program will whisk the blonde away from her kids for her ‘first night ever’ she tells the publication.
Despite the time away from the three children she shares with husband Lleyton Hewitt, Mia, 12, Cruz, nine, and Ava, seven, Bec says the project is right for her.
‘I think it’s the right time and the right job just to fit in with my other job of being a mum,’ Bec told the publication.
Long break: It comes thirteen years after she quit her starring role on Home and Away. Bec is pictured on Home and Away in 2004
Long ago: ‘I think it’s the right time and the right job just to fit in with my other job of being a mum,’ the actress says. Pictured: Bec on Home and Away with co-star Tammin Sursok in 2003
In 2016, Bec said that while she felt acting was too time consuming, she was ‘nervous’ about what to do with her time now that her kids were at school.
She also worried about being in the public eye again, at the time having scored a role as an ambassador for Barbie.
‘I’m settled now, the kids are all in school but I’m really nervous. It’s been so many years since I’ve done talk shows and press,’ she explained to the Sydney Morning Herald at the time.
Mum’s the word: The program will whisk the blonde away from her kids for her ‘first night ever’. Despite the time away from the three children she shares with husband Lleyton Hewitt, Mia, 12, Cruz, nine, and Ava, seven (pictured) Bec says the project is right for her
Two roles: ‘I think it’s the right time and the right job just to fit in with my other job of being a mum,’ Bec told the publication
The former actress and her tennis champ husband Lleyton have been married for 13 years, having tied the knot at the Sydney Opera House in 2005.
On July 23, the 37-year-old athlete shared took to Instagram to share an emotive tribute to his wife on her 35th birthday.
He wrote: ‘Happy B’day to the most wonderful wife and mum in the world’.
Happily married: The former actress and her tennis champ husband Lleyton (left) have been married for 13 years, having tied the knot at the Sydney Opera House in 2005