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Nadiya Hussain: Why my marriage works

She said her husband is now doing more work at home than she does.
She said her husband is now doing more work at home than she does. She said her husband is now doing more work at home than she does.

Nadiya Hussain says that expecting 50:50 in a marriage leads to “failure”.

The TV presenter and former Great British Bake Off winner has been married to Abdal for 13 years.

She told The Sunday Times: “Somebody always puts in more than somebody else.

“The second you think a marriage is 50:50, that’s when failure happens.”

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Hussain, 33, who had an arranged marriage, said: “There are times when I’ve had to put in 95% and my husband has had to put in 5% because he’s got a career and travelling and things to do.

“Then it evens out.”

She told the newspaper: “Right now, it’s 60:40. He is at home a lot more than I am. I don’t really feel like I’m doing much at all.”