Tina Arena reveals her teenage son left Australia for Paris permanently over Victoria’s ‘brutal’ Covid lockdown laws and says she’s been left ‘traumatised’ by the state tearing her family apart
Tina Arena has revealed that her teenage son is no longer living with her.
The 56-year-old says her 18-year-old, Gabriel, left Australian permanently in response to Victoria’s harsh lockdown laws during the height of the Covid pandemic.
The teenager now lives with his father, French artist Vincent Mancini, in Paris.
‘He’s been there for the last three years. Gabriel ultimately decided to leave Victoria during lockdown because, like many young children, he didn’t cope being locked up at home. None of us did’ Tina tells this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine.
‘We were supposed to put up and shut up. I still struggle with that, and that’s why I was also very vocal’.
Tina said that the experience, ‘was a heartbreaking time for the family because the family fell apart.’
Tina and Vincent, who had been together since 2000, split close to five years ago, and she admits, ‘We’re all fine now, thank God, but it was brutal.
‘So when your only child decides to leave because he needs to be able to walk the streets and have a sense of freedom and be a young boy and learn, it made me really angry with the state, with Australia and them being so compliant. ‘
Tina Arena (pictured) has revealed that her teenage son is no longer living with her. The 56-year-old says her 18-year-old, Gabriel, left Australian permanently in response to Victoria’s harsh lockdown laws during the height of the Covid pandemic
Tina admits she was ‘quite traumatized’ by the entire experience.
‘I ended up going to therapy, and I’m very comfortable in saying that I have therapy on a regular basis. Because I was very unhappy’ she told the publication.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews divided opinion by installing six lockdowns coming to a total of 262 days since March 2020.
To many Victorians, Mr Andrews was the face of pain and misery, a man who had caged them inside for the longest period of time on the planet during Covid 19.
In 2020, Tina confessed that she was ‘struggling’ to homeschool her teenage son while in isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The teen now lives with his father, French artist Vincent Mancini, in Paris. Pictured as a baby
‘He’s been there for the last three years. Gabriel ultimately decided to leave Victoria during lockdown because, like many young children, he didn’t cope being locked up at home. None of us did’ Tina said. Pictured with ex Mancini. They split in 2019 after almost 20 years together
The pop star told Stellar magazine that Gabriel, who was 14 at the time, was ‘traumatized’.
She said: ‘I’m struggling. I’ve got emails from teachers saying, ‘Gabriel hasn’t handed in this and that…’
The star confessed that her son was more interested in playing his Xbox rather than doing his school work.
Tina added: ‘But we will get there. Our kids are traumatized. They can’t see their mates, it’s tough.’
The Australian singer started dating Vincent Mancini in 2000, and they split around 2019.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews (left) divided opinion by installing six lockdowns coming to a total of 262 days since March 2020. To many Victorians, Mr Andrews was the face of pain and misery, a man who had caged them inside for the longest period of time on the planet
Tina has been in a relationship with Swedish musician Mattias Lindblom, 53, since 2021. They are rumored to have secretly married. Pictured together
Tina has been in a relationship with Swedish musician Mattias Lindblom, 53, since 2021.
In January, Tina hinted that they have tied the knot in secret when she stepped out with agold band adorning her left hand wedding finger.
Tina was first spotted wearing an engagement ring in November 2022, when she was seen wearing the diamond while gardening at her Melbourne home.
She has been ‘quietly dating’ Mattias since August 2021, according to Woman’s Day.
Mattias is believed to be living with Tina in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
‘This relationship looks and feels different from the ones before,’ an insider allegedly told Woman’s Day. ‘It’s been really easy, right from the beginning.’
Tina was last married to her former manager Ralph Carr, with whom she had a tumultuous union from 1995 to 1999.
Read more in this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine