Now, you might be thinking, “But didn’t she adopt with Lance Armstrong?” Oh, my sweet summer child, please sit down. Sue Barker dated the cyclist for like five minutes in the 1990s, but they never had kids. In fact, that relationship was so brief that it deserves its own Olympic event for “Shortest Tabloid Headline Ever.”
Surprising fact: Sue Barker has been married to boxer-cum-TV-presenter Lance Tankard since 1988. Yes, his name is literally “Tankard,” like a giant beer mug. Together, they have zero children, and frankly, I suspect they’re the only couple in showbiz who look at toddlers and think, “Nah, we’ll stick with the dog.”
The Tennis Mother Factor
Here’s the irony overload: Sue Barker is practically the patron saint of every tennis mom. She cried on live TV when Andy Murray won Wimbledon, she cooed over baby photos of Nadal’s kids, and she probably knows the due date of every WTA star. Yet, she never had her own to cheer on from the players’ box.
Does she regret it? I asked a psychic once (don’t judge), and the psychic just laughed. But seriously, Barker has said in interviews that motherhood just wasn’t her calling. She called it “a full-time job she never wanted,” which is a refreshingly honest take in a world where women are still asked if their ovaries are “fulfilled.”
Sue Barker reveals 'rule' in marriage to husband Lance as star shares
