Alesha Dixon has revealed she will not give her two daughters smartphones despite having millions of followers on Instagram and her job revolving around social media. 

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 46, has said she is going to be ‘strong’ at saying no to her children Azura, 11, and Anaya, five, when they ask for a phone. 

Alesha said she believes if there is no real reason for her daughters to have a mobile then she doesn’t want them to have one.  

The former Mis-Teeq bandmember told Women’s Health: ‘As long as we can avoid our daughters having phones, we’re going try our hardest. [Azura, 11] can be begging me for a mobile phone and I feel no way to be like ‘nope’ because I’ve got one.

‘[But] you’ve got to be strong with it. My thing is this: if she doesn’t need a phone then why is she having one?

‘If I can delay her being in that world, I’m going to work super hard to make sure that it doesn’t happen. I don’t care if her friends have got phones. In our house, we don’t want that.’

Alesha Dixon has revealed she will not give her two daughters smartphones despite having millions of followers on Instagram and her job revolving around social media

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 46, has said she is going to be ‘strong’ at saying no to her children Azura, 11, and Anaya, five, when they ask for a phone; pictured 2022

It comes as ITV confirmed she had split from her partner of 18 years and father of her two children, Azuka Ononye, 44.

The Strictly Come Dancing winner and her former back-up dancer had not been pH๏τographed together since March and it was confirmed in November they had split.

Alesha told the publication that she could still out-dance many people at nearly 50 years old.

She said: ‘If the music’s playing and I love the music, there’s no shutting me up or sitting me down. Even at the age that I am now, I can out-dance and out-party a lot of people. But I don’t need a packed club to have fun, it could be at a friend’s house, it could be at home. Dancing has always played.’

But the protective mother refused her daughter’s wish to dance alongside her during a performance on Britain’s Got Talent last summer to her new song, Ransom.

Alesha insisted she will shield her children from the industry until they are ’emotionally intelligent enough’.

The Scandalous singer admitted that she is striving to set an example for her two daughters and told Azura that she could not dance alongside her during the live show.

Alesha and Azuka made their last joint red carpet appearance in July 2023 at Stormzy’s star-studded 30th birthday and have not appeared on each other’s social media in recent months.  

Alesha told Women’s Health: ‘As long as we can avoid our daughters having phones, we’re going try our hardest. If I can delay her being in that world, I don’t care if her friends have got phones. In our house, we don’t want that’

It comes as ITV confirmed she had split from her partner of 18 years and father of her two children, Azuka Ononye, 44; pictured March 2022 

A source told The Sun: ‘Alesha’s been quietly telling people close to her that she believes their relationship is over and they’re going to separate’.

‘She and Azuka have been together almost two decades but their relationship has become more like a friendship.

‘They’re devoted parents to their girls, who are 11 and six, and want to focus on keeping their relationship as amicable as possible for their sake.’

According to the publication the couple both attended rapper Nas’ concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall in November, but went separately and sat at opposite sides of the venue. 

MailOnline contacted Alesha’s representatives for comment at the time. 

Azuka also attended Wicked’s London premiere with eldest daughter Azura earlier this week, with no Alesha in sight. 

The couple were rumoured to have secretly married in 2017 and she introduced him as her ‘lovely husband’ during an appearance Michael McIntyre’s Big Show Christmas Special in December 2017, however neither have confirmed if a wedding took place. 

They first met in 2006 following Alesha’s one year marriage So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey, following his affair with fellow singer Javine Hylton.

They first met in 2006 following Alesha’s one year marriage So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey (Alesha and Harvey pictured 2005)

Azuka first worked as the former Mis-Teeq back up dancer before being hired as her creative director. 

Speaking about the relationship on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2018, she admitted playing ‘hard to get for about a year’.

‘He was sleeping on the floor because I was on the couch, I couldn’t even get up the stairs. 

‘If he can carry me to the toilet then he’s a keeper.’ 

She said: ‘Then I had the foot operation and I couldn’t walk and he was literally sleeping on the floor looking after me every day. 

‘I was just looking at him thinking, ‘That is for better or for worse isn’t it?’ I looked a state,’