Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins has shared an insight into her pre-performance rituals which include not speaking for a whole 24 hours and a series of superstitions. The 44-year-old singer says she won’t utter a sound for a whole day ahead of shows to preserve her voice – even if it means being unable to control her kids. Katherine has children Aaliyah Reign, eight, and six-year-old Xander Robert Selwyn with her husband American painter and filmmaker Andrew Levitas.
She told The Times: “I don’t have alcohol, I drink loads of water and I stop going to noisy places so I don’t overuse my voice. I want to stay focused. “In the 24 hours before the show I won’t speak at all.
The voice is a muscle and when you whisper, you’re still vibrating the cords and not getting the rest. I’ve got a six-year-old and an eight-year-old, and they find it hilarious that they can do whatever they like to mummy and I can’t speak back, so the house becomes a big game of charades.” For the latest TV & Showbiz news, sign up to our newsletter Read more: BBC Morning Live's Gethin Jones says ‘I’m in bits’ as he sends message to Welsh star Read more: I stayed in 'the strangest town in Wales' and completely fell in love Katherine also said she has a series of superstitions before concerts, adding: “I do things in a certain order, silly things like putting my right shoe on before my left.
I always stop by myself for a little minute and I say a prayer. I ask God and my dad to bless.