Gary Barlow: 'My wife is unimpressed by my success'

Gary Barlow has claimed that his wife is "unimpressed" by his music career.

The Take That singer, who married Dawn in 2000, suggests that he is glad of her unfazed attitude towards his success.

He told Female First: "She is so unimpressed by everything, my wife is.

"If I ever did come home and say, 'Babe, we've sold two million albums today', it would be like, 'Well, can you just finish the kids' tea?'

"None of this success figures in our lives. It's just the pantomime that goes with what I do."

Barlow continued: "Dawn is real. She has known me through thick and thin. She has known me at 198lbs when nobody wanted to call me any more. She has known me through it all."

Of his increased popularity amongst women since joining The X Factor, he added: "I still don't know how I feel about it. I've got a sense of humour about it because, 21 years in, you know how quickly people's opinions change.

"It amuses me at the moment - I send my wife pictures from photoshoots, saying, 'See how lucky you are?' I'm happily winding everyone up!"

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