INTERVIEW. Ex-Miss Belgium Joke van de Velde sees motherhood as a strength: “I am like a lioness fighting for her cub” | showbiz

BV1.5 years ago, Joke van de Velde (42) surprised when she announced that she was pregnant. But how and with whom did Miss Belgium 2000 never want to clarify. Meanwhile, Joke knows that motherhood is not awalk in the park is. “Going to have a glass of wine with friends at the last minute is no longer an option,” she says in ‘TV Familie’. A candid conversation about motherhood, her body after childbirth and the future. “What I had a lot of trouble with after the birth is an empty feeling.”