Phoebe Burgess claims she could ‘write a book’ on celibacy

Phoebe Burgess has revealed she could “write a book on celibacy” for being the “borest woman in Australia” after giving up sex and booze.

The former WAG, 33, added to her podcast Under the shine that she “misses sex” but has reconsidered her relationship since her divorce.

In May, the mum of two revealed she hasn’t had sex since her acrimonious breakup with her NRL star husband Sam in 2019.

Now, in a conversation with podcaster Felicity Harley, the beauty director of Body & Soul, and Alison Izzo, she has revealed that she still hasn’t slept with anyone.

“I could write the book on celibacy,” she said.

Earlier this year, celibacy started trending on social media and attracted more than a billion views on TikTok.

“People said that abstinence from free-will sex gives them a clear mind.

“If that’s the case, I’m Australia’s clearest woman!”

She added that she “misses sex.”

‘Am I the dullest woman in Australia?’ she joked before explaining that she doesn’t have sex and doesn’t drink alcohol because she “don’t know where she fits on the spectrum.”

‘Alcohol is popping up, it’s a very important part of Australian culture.

“And it really makes people uncomfortable, if you don’t drink, people think you’re on the other side that you have a problem drinking.”

In May, Phoebe confessed that she came out of her cocoon like a “horny butterfly” after years of not dating.

“I’ve never been one for casual sex, I’ve never had a one night stand,” admitted Phoebe during the lively chat on her podcast.

She said the last time she dated “Tinder wasn’t a thing,” so she’s been forced to deal with the world of technology.

‘[Do I put on my Tinder profile] Single, 33, living with my parents, two kids, a little emotional baggage. So sexy anyway. Call me boys,” Phoebe joked.

The conversation soon turned to more serious topics, with Phoebe explaining how emotionally difficult it was for her to adjust to dating after marriage.

She said that once she got married, she thought all the physical insecurities were behind her, but now she was dealing with them again after “giving herself up to start a family.”

‘[My body] has certainly changed. I’ve made children here,” Phoebe said.

“I think the emotional difficulty is that when you give yourself to start a family, you think ‘phew, I never have to worry about standing naked in front of someone else’.”

“But meeting someone new with stretch marks and boobs that are potentially not as perky as they once were because they’ve fed people. This comes back to that body positivity, sex positivity message.’

Phoebe admitted that she sometimes feels like she’s “still in a relationship” and that she’s forced to adjust emotionally to her new life.

Phoebe’s ex-husband Sam appeared on the final season of SAS Australia, where he admitted infidelity to a woman in Melbourne in 2017.

The couple married in 2015 and broke up in late 2018 and resumed their relationship in early 2019.

They broke up permanently on October 2 of that year and later divorced. The former couple share daughter Poppy, four, and Billy, two.

Phoebe told The Daily Telegraph ahead of the podcast’s launch that she plans to share her path back to healing.

“All I’ve been through is this amalgamation of who I am now,” she told the publication.

“There’s something on the other side, I haven’t quite figured it out yet, but that’s the hope I guess, you’re going through life,” she continued.

“I just want them to know it’s not all glamorous. It’s not perfect, but there is life after pain,” Phoebe said of her listeners.