Jodhi Meares opens up about new life in Byron Bay after leaving Sydney: ‘I don’t get bored’

Fashion mogul Jodhi Meares has opened up about the real reason she left Sydney for Byron Bay, and given a rare insight into her private life.

Jodhi Meares has opened up about the real reason she left Sydney for Byron Bay, and the private life she has created for herself in the hinterland.

In a new interview with Stellar, the fashion mogul and ex-wife of James Packer admits she was never comfortable in the spotlight and is “definitely a behind the scenes person”.

“I’m a true introvert. I like to be able to watch people. I find people really interesting.

“Being in the public eye wrecked that a little bit,” Meares told Stellar.

Late last year, Meares purchased a four-bedroom, Modernist-inspired home – which features an avocado, citrus, banana and papaw orchard, at Brooklet.

The property is located inland between Ballina and Byron Bay in the NSW Northern Rivers region – and was purchased for a reported $4.1 million.

Jodhi Meares is on the cover of today’s Stellar.

She has opened up about her new life in Byron Bay. Picture: Simon Upton for Stellar

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Speaking to Stellar, The Upside designer explains why she is at home among the papaya trees, a dog named Soda Pop, and her five cows.

“I don’t get bored and I don’t get lonely. I suffer from other things, but I don’t suffer from those things,” Meares said.

“Sometimes I have to ask myself, ‘How many days has it been? I need to just go somewhere and speak to another human …’”

The former Australia’s Next Top Model host and Tigerlily founder also made a surprising confession about her time as a model, saying she “never really loved having my photos taken”.

“It’s been a means to an end. But I felt very lucky to be able to do it because I wasn’t sure what I was going to do when I was young.

“And school and I didn’t get along that well.”

‘I don’t get bored …’ Jodhi Meares on her new life. Picture: Don Arnold/WireImage

In the Stellar cover story, Meares also reflected on interviewing Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson – who stars in a new campaign for Meares’ activewear brand, The Upside – for Stellar earlier this year.

“She’s such a phenomenal woman. Elle doesn’t have to do these things. I thought it was just very special,” Meares said.

“It was very beautiful, really touching that she was able to do that.”

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Read the full interview with Jodhi Meares in today’s Stellar, inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland) and Sunday Mail (SA).

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