Nicole Scherzinger is ready for children with fiancé Thom Evans

Nicole Scherzinger is ready to make her Broadway debut, but her biggest role yet is unplanned: motherhood.

The Masked singer The judge, 46, said in an interview that she would “love” to have children The Times of London published on Thursday 27 June. “I have never shied away from that. I can’t wait,” Scherzinger said of getting older. “It’s like the clock is ticking. I would like to have a baby, but work calls. But I will have to make time, because yes, I can’t wait to have children.”

Luckily for Scherzinger, her own mother understands that parenthood isn’t something to be rushed into and doesn’t put pressure on her to have a baby yet. “No, because my mom knows how hard I work and how passionate I am about what I do,” Scherzinger said. “She is a faithful woman and she just knows everything in God’s timing.”

Although she does not know when she will have a child, the singer has found her partner Thom Evans. The retired rugby player, 40, proposed to Scherzinger a year ago after three years of dating.

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They still haven’t planned their wedding to Scherzinger, noting that it won’t be until “the year after” her Broadway show Sunset Blvd, which will move from London’s West End to the St. James Theater in New York City this fall. She is expected to remain with the production’s original cast for nine months.

As a former athlete, Evans is very structured, which allows Scherzinger to stick to a routine during her theater performance. (She won an Olivier Award earlier this year for her role as Norma Desmond in the British production of Sunset Blvd.)

“It’s fun because he likes a system — he’s extremely organized and he’s extremely on time, which is the opposite of me, so he makes me so much better that way,” she said. “I don’t know if all rugby players are like that, but he is the cleanest. He’s OCD, just like me, and I just love it. It is awesome.”

She revealed that he even improved her REM cycle. ‘It reprograms my mind and helps me sleep more. I love sleeping now,” she explained.

Evans got a special shoutout from his future wife at the Olivier Awards in April when Scherzinger won for Best Actress in a Musical and “thanked my fiancé for being my biggest cheerleader.”

The Scot has been hugely supportive of his fiancée and shared an admiring tribute after she won the prestigious theater trophy. “Words cannot express how proud I am of you, my love. The level of professionalism you bring to everything you do, combined with your God-given talent, is truly awe-inspiring to see,” he wrote via Instagram.

“Winning the @olivierawards last night for ‘Best Actress in a Musical’ for your phenomenal and mesmerizing portrayal of Norma Desmond in @sunsetblvdmusical was an absolute joy to see,” he added. “A true testament to all your relentless hard work and dedication to this role and NO ONE deserves such a prestigious award more. You have brought so much joy and emotion to so many people with this performance and this is just the beginning for you. Now the bright lights of Broadway await you! and I know you will give many more people new ways to dream.