Amanda Owen has opened up on her split from her husband Clive in a new interview with the Radio Times.

In June, following months of rumours regarding the state of their marriage, Amanda and Clive issued a joint statement saying they had made ‘the difficult decision to separate’.

The Yorkshire Shepherdess, 48, explained that the couple had succumbed to ‘pressures’ but that they ‘just have to get on with it’.

Candid: Amanda Owen has opened up on her split from her husband Clive in a new interview with the Radio Times

She told the publication: ‘Look, there are two simple facts: if he thought I was brilliant, and I thought he was brilliant, then we wouldn’t have separated,.

‘It’s a fact, isn’t it? But, you know what, that’s not unique, it’s just how things are, pressures, all the rest of it.

‘But we have nine kids, with associated friends, girlfriends, and we just have to get on with it.’

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Split: In June, following months of rumours regarding the state of their marriage, Amanda and Clive issued a joint statement saying they had made ‘the difficult decision to separate’ (pictured in 2020)

The couple were together 21 years and share children, Raven, 21, Reuben, 19, Miles, 16, Edith, 14, Violet, 12, Sidney, 11, Annas, 9, Clemmy, 7, and six-year-old Nancy.

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‘Pressures’: The Yorkshire Shepherdess, 48, explained that the couple had succumbed to ‘pressures’ but that they ‘just have to get on with it’

When asked if the couple were co-parenting, Amanda said: ‘Call it that if you want, but it’s just a buzzword, really. It just means we take it in turns to shout at the kids.’

Speaking on her children, she said: ‘I loved having babies about, but I wasn’t ‘goo-goo, ga-ga’. I couldn’t wait for them to find their own feet and run off.

‘Someone once said to me, “Oh, my God, you’ll really regret having all these kids when they’re teenagers.”

‘And now I’ve probably got about four or five teenagers, and it’s great. I love it. I feel like it keeps me young. And I love seeing their characters and how different they all are.’

Amanda made her first TV appearance alongside Clive, 68, in 2011 on ITV’s The Dales, before they landed their own Channel 5 show Our Yorkshire Farm in 2018.

Amanda met her husband in 1995 when he was already divorced with two children, after she arrived at his farm as a 21-year-old trainee shepherdess.

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When asked if the couple were co-parenting, Amanda said: ‘Call it that if you want, but it’s just a buzzword, really. It just means we take it in turns to shout at the kids.’

It didn’t take long for the couple get hitched, with their nine children quickly following.

The public were quick to fall for the couple and their unusual love story, dubbing them the ‘Kardashians of the Countryside’ with their hit show Our Yorkshire Farm.

The shepherdess began making solo appearances on a variety of TV shows, becoming a regular guest on programmes such as Lorraine and This Morning to offer comment on parenting and life on the farm.

In November last year, neighbours told MailOnline she and Clive had been living apart for months after she ‘got caught up in the spotlight’ of her Channel 5 programme.

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Family: The former couple have nine children together;  Raven, Reuben, Miles, Edith, Violet, Sidney, Annas, Clemmie, and Nancy

Amanda moved into their rental property down the road from Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale, where Clive has been staying in the farmhouse, villagers said.

Clive was understood to be ‘desperate’ to repair their relationship and ‘feared’ their marriage would end in divorce.

Last month, his new show Beyond The Yorkshire Farm: Reuben and Clive premiered and saw him launch a digging business with his son.

Meanwhile, Amanda has exciting prospects also on the horizon as factual boss Daniel Pearl told The Mirror: ‘The Owens have become everyone’s favourite farming family and millions have enjoyed watching their unique way of life. It’s fantastic that we can now all follow Reuben and Clive on their next adventure.

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Over: The couple shared a joint statement on social media confirming they had split in June

‘We remain absolutely committed to the whole wonderful Owen family and hope to announce new projects with Amanda very soon.’

It comes after Amanda told ITV talk show Lorraine that she has her ‘ups and downs’ as she continues to work on the 2,000-acre hill Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale, co-parent their nine children and take care of about 1,000 sheep.

‘Life carries on on the farm. Obviously there is a whole raft of things to do – nine children, a whole heap of animals,’ Ms Owen said. ‘We are just working away same as before.’

Asked if life had continued as normal in terms of the family and farm, she replied: ‘It does. That is reality. It is really tough and it is a really difficult aspect of it to get across.

‘But when you do reality it has to be just that. That means it covers the ups and downs and that can be on any level.

‘Because at the end of the day our priority remains, of course, to keep everything going.

‘There you go, that’s how it is. I felt like that needed to be out there so that people. There are new projects going on. There are exciting projects going on.’

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Children: Amanda (on right) was also asked by presenter Christine Lampard (left) whether their children had been affected by finding themselves in the spotlight

Ms Owen was also asked by presenter Christine Lampard whether their children had been affected by finding themselves in the spotlight.

She said: ‘They remain very, very unaffected. Because at the end of the day they don’t see their lives as anything out of the ordinary. Who does? We are literally just doing our thing.

‘Yeah, we get more opportunities, we meet more people, there are people coming to the farm. They have even been out and about with me when I have been going to theatres, doing talks.

‘In real terms, it’s made us a whole lot busier.’