Sophie Monk hits out over family rift reports

Sophie Monk has hit back at recent reports of a painful family rift that emerged after her guest-free wedding to partner Joshua Gross.

Sophie Monk has brushed off recent reports of a painful family rift that emerged after her guest-free wedding to partner Joshua Gross.

The Daily Telegraph last week reported that Sophie’s mother Sandi, father Andrew and sister Lucy have been “unable to repair their relationship” with the former Bardot singer after it broke down several years ago.

But Monk denied the report in an interview with Kyle and Jackie O this morning.

Sophie Monk and Joshua Gross didn’t have any friends or family at their wedding.

‘I don’t actually don’t even know where they got that from. We always planned on [getting married] by ourselves,” she told the hosts.

“I don’t think you’re going to change your wedding plans for anyone, are you? So there is no truth to that story,” she added.

But Monk had publicly admitted to a family rift in 2020 when it emerged that she had blocked both her mother and sister on social media.

“Like all families there are disagreements … I’m sure everything will work out in time,” she said at the time.

Monk with her mum (left), sister and father. Picture: Channel 10

Monk’s fresh denial comes after The Daily Telegraph reported a family rift had formed shortly after Monk started dating Gross in 2018. Tensions were allegedly at one stage so high, Monk’s parents moved out of the Gold Coast home they had shared with her for four years.

The outlet reported that while Monk and her parents are on speaking terms, the relationship between them is still “significantly strained.” Sophie and sister Lucy had “partly repaired” their relationship, but not enough for Lucy to score an invite to the wedding.

Monk said she wanted a “no drama” wedding.

Speaking to news.com.au in July last year, Monk appeared to subtly tease her plans for a guest-free wedding, saying she wanted “no drama” on the big day.

“I think we’re just going to keep it quiet, low-key, and no drama for anyone. I just want it to be an amazing day between us,” she said.

In an interview about the wedding with Stellar last month, Sophie insisted the decision to keep things intimate was a no-brainer.

“We always thought we’d elope.

“So many people said to me, ‘I didn’t even see my husband on the night; if I had my wedding over, we’d just elope’. So we thought, well, why don’t we just get married at home? I’ve seen people get really stressed about their wedding and ours has been so stress-free.”