Gary Barlow reveals why his three kids have chosen to not comply with in his footsteps – regardless of showbiz being ‘good to him’ after raking in £90million with Take That

Gary Barlow has revealed why his children have chosen not to follow in his famous footsteps in a rare comment about his family.

The Take That star, 53, shares Daniel, 24, Emily, 22 and Daisy, 15, with wife of 25-years Dawn Andrews, and throughout his career has reportedly raked in a whopping £90M fortune. 

He revealed to The Mirror that his children are so different to him and despite his own success, have shown no interest in showbiz, opting instead for academic careers.

Saying: ‘The two oldest ones [Daniel and Emily] have kind of gone into medicine and physiology – studying strength and conditioning – and my youngest one, Daisy, I’m not too sure what she’s heading for but again, she’s very studious… unlike me and my wife,’ he says.

‘I don’t think they will follow in my music footsteps but I wouldn’t have discouraged them though if they did want to, it’s been a good business for me’. 

‘Every day I still enjoy what I do and when you realise you’re making a living from it, it’s a great, great place to be. Many roles in “showbiz” are just wonderful, there’s definitely a much harder world out there than the one I’m in I think’.

Gary was speaking ahead of the release of his new ITV travel show Gary Barlow’s Wine Tour: South Africa,  where he’s joined on his journey by famous friends including Jane McDonald and Ben Shephard.

‘There was this little place we went to in this series, literally in the middle of nowhere, between Steinbach and Franschhoek, and there was this little cafe, It was a tiny little place that made coffee and chicken pies, and these people in there wanted their photos taken with me – it was crazy but brilliant! I don’t mind it at all’.

In September Gary shared a rare snap of his towering son Daniel, after celebrating his impressive fitness achievement in a gushing post. 

In one snap, Gary’s eldest – who stands at 6ft 2 – was seen towering above his  5 ft 7 dad as they looked towards the sea.

The father-and-son-duo  had their arms around each other as she gazed out into the distance during the family outing. 

The snap came shortly after Gary celebrated his son’s achievement completing the Ironman competition, which saw him tackle a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile run. 

He wrote: ‘We just couldn’t be prouder of our boy – unbelievable amounts of training and determination – when you put in the work you get the results. 

‘Congratulations #ironman.’ 

The Shine hitmaker has previously opened up about how ‘proud’ he was of Emily after she decided to head off to university in 2022 for a four-year course.

The youngster had initially planned to go onto higher education in 2020, but had her plans scuppered by COVID-19. 

 At the time, Gary told Zoe Ball on her BBC radio show: ‘They are pretty good, one is at university. One is taking a year off, was meant to be going to uni but she doesn’t want to with all this going, on which I completely understand. 

‘Our youngest is 11 now, which is like… well they’re not kids really anymore. Although, they always are to us.’

On a more sombre note, Gary and Dawn lost baby Poppy in 2012 when she arrived stillborn and he recently admitted that he ‘hadn’t found peace’ with it yet.   

Speaking on The Imperfects podcast, Gary spoke candidly about his family tragedy as he explained: ‘I don’t talk about this in great detail and I literally don’t because I’m still kind of figuring it out a little bit.

‘My wife’s emotions were completely different to mine. I’ve been angry for a long time about that, I haven’t really found peace with it yet.’