Aston Merrygold Embraces Fun When Parenting
Made by Mammas: The Podcast
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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Pop icon and actor Aston Merrygold from JLS joins us on the podcast and boy is it a good one!
Aston talks to us about how his parenting values from being the disciplinarian, teaching his kids to stand up for themselves, and stay tuned to hear how beautifully he describes his relationship with his gorgeous wife, and previous guest on the podcast, Sarah!
He has teamed up with Cheesestrings to tell us how he brings fun into his role as Dad and why it's important to him. (We're sure you've heard the oh-so-catchy 'Fun-om-nom-nom" Cheesestring song and love it as much as Zoe does!)
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