Meshel Laurie shares the reality of celebrating Christmas a single mother in poignant Instagram post: ‘I know I’m not the only one’

Meshel Laurie has taken to social media to reveal the reality of celebrating Christmas as a single mother to fourteen-year-old twins Louis and Dali.

The podcaster, 50, shared a photo to Instagram on Christmas of a Kmart table set with its legs bent at different angles and captioned it with some reflective words.

‘Single mum Christmas. Trying to assemble this poxy Kmart table setting so tomorrow feels different to every other day,’ she began. 

‘Still have lots of wrapping to do. I know I’m not the only one trying to think of ways to make it special.’

Meshel then said she was working hard at creating a memorable Christmas for her children.

Meshel Laurie, 50, (centre) took to Instagram to reveal the sad reality of celebrating Christmas as a single mother to fourteen-year-old twins Louis and Dali. All pictured

‘Love to you all. I know from experience they’ll remember the little things and the effort.’

Many of Meshel’s followers were quick to congratulate her on her efforts. 

‘From someone who spent many years as a single mum, they remember all the things you did for them,’ one fan wrote.

The podcaster shared a photo to Instagram on Christmas of a Kmart table set with its legs bent at different angles and captioned it with some reflective words

The podcaster shared a photo to Instagram on Christmas of a Kmart table set with its legs bent at different angles and captioned it with some reflective words 

‘Amazing mum. Keep up the awesome work,’ a second person added. 

Laurie welcomed her twins via IVF in November 2009.

Meshel had a successful career in commercial television and radio and more recently crossed over into podcasting.

Meshel had a successful career in commercial television and radio and more recently crossed over into podcasting

Meshel had a successful career in commercial television and radio and more recently crossed over into podcasting 

The star recently launched a new comedy podcast, called Can We Be Real?, which is leaning into her outspoken and opinionated side

The star recently launched a new comedy podcast, called Can We Be Real?, which is leaning into her outspoken and opinionated side

She currently hosts Australia’s biggest true crime podcast, which has racked up over 65million downloads since it started in 2017.

The star recently launched a new comedy podcast, called Can We Be Real?, which is leaning into her outspoken and opinionated side. 

‘Feeling like the world has gone soft? Sick of the fake and the filtered? Then join Meshel Laurie every Tuesday for Can We Be Real, the podcast that’s not afraid to speak its mind,’ touts the show.

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