Saturday Night singer Whigfield has revealed for the first time that she tragically lost her baby daughter three days after giving birth.
The nineties star, 52, famed for the dance hit, explained that the traumatic experience, which saw her give birth at seven months put her off trying for children again, as she ruled out adoption and IVF.
In a new interview, Whigfield, whose real name is Sannie Charlotte Carlson, said her newborn died in 2000 after just three days and she’s not spoken about her loss until now.
‘She survived only three days’: Saturday Night singer Whigfield has revealed for the first time that she tragically lost her baby daughter three days after giving birth (pictured in 2019)
She said: ‘I had a daughter in 2000 but unfortunately, I gave birth in the seventh month, and she didn’t survive – she survived only three days.
‘So, after that I just didn’t feel like having children. I’m 52 so having children is a bit hard. No, I wouldn’t adopt or have IVF – I just started having animals after that.
‘I started having dogs and today I’m happy I don’t have kids because I see my niece and she’s so much work.’
The singer revealed that she’s engaged to long-term partner Finn, who’s an Italian music producer, after he proposed last Christmas – but they aren’t in any rush to get married.
Horrific: The nineties star explained that the traumatic experience, put her off trying for children again, as she ruled out adoption and IVF (pictured in the Saturday Night video)
‘I wouldn’t adopt’: In a new interview, Whigfield, whose real name is Sannie Charlotte Carlson, said her newborn died in 2000 after just three days and she’s not spoken about her loss until now (pictured in 2013)
She said: ‘I live with my partner, Finn. He’s a producer and we work together, and he’s a music publisher.
‘I’ve known him for many, many years – he has produced famous Italian music. He was a producer on a big star in Italy.
‘He proposed to me at Christmas, but it’s not a priority to get married because we’re fine together, and I don’t have time to get married.
‘I’m always very busy and to do that you have to take some time. I’d rather write music and tour and things.’
Whigfield, whose 1994 hit Saturday Night sold a total of 1.18million copies in the UK as of 2015, reflected on her heyday and how she gave up alcohol seven years ago following decades of waking up feeling like ‘s***.’
She said: ‘I have given up the drinking because drinking was basically part of tour life, because of boredom and because there was so much waiting around.
‘I wasn’t the sort of person who would wake up and drink, don’t get me wrong, but it was just like a social thing and to do with my work. Backstage there was booze everywhere. It was just like, it just became part of my life, and one day I just went, ‘Ugh’ – I’d had enough of it because waking up feeling like s**t isn’t good.
‘I just could feel in my body and brain that the whole thing was wrong. It was just, you know when something takes over.
‘We’re back on track’: Whigfield, who is engaged to long-term partner Finn after he proposed last Christmas, told MailOnline that she’s back with new music after ‘missing’ her former career (pictured in June 2022)
‘I want to be able to continue working in this business and the exterior is very important – you need to take care of the way you look. You can’t just not give a s***, can you? I would say giving up drinking happened aged 45.’
The pop icon is preparing to launch new music for the first time in decades and will be playing the Reminisce Festival in Sherdley Park, St Helens, and Liverpool, on Saturday September 10, and says she ‘loves’ that acts today can have successful careers without being signed to a record label.
She revealed: ‘There is music coming out now and you don’t even know what to call it. That’s the difference between then and now – now everyone can make music, like kids in their bedrooms.
‘One thing I really love is that you don’t even need a record label now – you can do everything yourself. You own the masters, you can put it on YouTube, and you can be lucky like Justin Bieber.
‘I’ve been writing tracks for other artists because I thought it would be fun, and dance music, and actually got signed with Armada Music.
‘But I just missed doing Whigfield and just started writing singles for Whigfield again.
‘I’ve been everywhere because after Covid there was an explosion of venues and festivals. Basically, I’ve been all over Europe, as well as Canada and next year I’m going to Australia, so let’s just say we’re back on track.’
