They said whaaat? Tom Ford on babies, baths and no more booze.

Babies, baths and no more booze: Tom Ford on how he turned his life around..from The Standard UK

“Our house is covered in plastic toys. I cannot believe it! I mean, I used to just live for decorating. Our houses were flawless… I think for some gay men, their houses become their children. It was that case for me, but I just don’t care as much any more. I have moments where I think, “Oh shit!” It’s not exactly a pigsty, but it’s not as immaculate”

“It’s stress worrying and thinking about your child, which takes your mind off your work or what you were doing that day or what such-and-such said that pissed you off because you’re thinking about your kid. It’s a break from yourself.’

‘I would never normally have papers on my desk if I knew a journalist was coming. There would be more flowers. Somebody would have spritzed perfume around. But I just don’t care.’

‘This old dirty suit! I literally just pick up the suit from the night before and put it on. Sometimes I have another uniform — jeans, a jean shirt and a different jacket — and it’s one or the other of those outfits. I used to make more of an effort in the mornings but I don’t any more.’

‘As you get older it’s all about calories and it’s about fewer and fewer and fewer. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, so I don’t binge-eat when I’m stoned or have all those alcohol calories.’

“They see me in a retouched photo selling perfume, or in a magazine, and probably think that I am drinking and girls are lying around my house naked and we’re doing a lot of drugs. But really I’m at home having dinner with Richard and Jack and we’re probably going to watch television after dinner and I’m going to be in bed by 10pm or 10.30pm.”

‘It’s very interesting. I can mix cocktails for people, I like being at parties where people are drinking a little bit — until they start slurring and it gets really boring and I want to go home, get into bed and read a book.’