Sophie Monk reveals heartbreaking baby battle at 46: 'We've tried lots of times'

Sophie Monk has revealed she and husband Joshua Gross have 'tried lots of times' to have a baby, offering a candid insight into her hopes of becoming a mother at 46. 

The Love Island Australia host told the Daily Mail that while she is reluctant to discuss the topic in detail, becoming a parent remains close to her heart. 

For someone who has spent more than two decades making Australians laugh, the admission offers a glimpse of the worries behind her famous one-liners. 

'It's hard because it's two of us,' she said.

'But we've tried lots of times.'

Sophie then joked: 'I wish someone would just drop a baby off for me at the front door. And I'd be like, "Oh gosh, it's fine".

'I think life can be too tough out there sometimes.' 

Sophie has previously spoken publicly about her IVF journey, having frozen her eggs in 2018 before undergoing another egg retrieval procedure on her 43rd birthday in December 2022. 

Sharing an update from her hospital bed at the time, she told followers: 'It's my birthday and I just had an operation to get some eggs.'

'And we got a lot which is great.'

Joshua, whom she married in an intimate ceremony at their NSW home in March 2022, remains her biggest source of support.

'He reminds me it's just a job,' she said of the perspective he brings to her working life.

'He's just giving me heaps more confidence.' 

She described worrying about something every day, with Josh often reminding her that the people occupying her thoughts probably are not thinking about her at all. 

'That person's not even thinking about you,' she recalled him saying.

'And I was like, "Cool, okay. That's right. Probably not."'

Elsewhere in the interview, Sophie opened up about costly financial mistakes and admitted she's been burned after placing too much trust in other people.

Asked about the most expensive lesson she's learned, she replied: 'To trust people with your money. Unfortunately.'

'I trust people like you could trust me. I would never take a dollar off anyone.

'That's been my biggest flaw. I haven't learned it, actually. I keep doing it every time.'

Sophie, who has been embroiled in recent legal disputes involving her former management, stressed she was speaking generally about past experiences.

'I've never been good financially. I give it all away. That's my problem.' 

The former Bardot star also reflected on the emotional impact the girl group has had on her life and career, revealing she carried guilt about its collapse for years.

She admitted those feelings affected her relationship with music after launching her solo career.

'I think I've stopped music because I felt guilty for the band,' she said.

Sophie also addressed Bardot's recent reunion, the fallout that still lingers between members and claims made in a tell-all memoir she says are 'not true at all'.

Sophie's comments on the band's breakdown, why she believes a third Bardot album was 'never ever' going to happen and why she says a reunion would be 'disrespectful' can be watched on Daily Mail's Entertainment YouTube channel.