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At Home with the Furys star Paris Fury defended decision to let daughter leave school aged 11

At Home with the Furys star Paris Fury defended decision to let daughter leave school aged 11

Paris shares six children with her husband Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury and his family are currently the stars of Netflix’s new popular docuseries, At Home with the Furys.

The show centres around the professional boxer’s life following his retirement from the sport.

Not only does it feature his wife, Paris, and their children but also the likes of his younger brother Tommy Fury and therefore of course, Molly-Mae Hague.

Tyson and Paris are both from Irish Traveller backgrounds and have stuck to their roots in raising their kids.

The mum-of-six has previously defended the decision to let her eldest daughter leave school at age 11.

Venezuela, 13, was taken out of the education system nearly three years ago, after she had finished primary school.

Paris, who is now pregnant with her seventh child with her boxing heavyweight champion husband, admitted that the decision was one of the toughest they had ever made as parents.

She explained that taking Venezuela out of school was her idea - in keeping with traveller tradition.

And although Tyson was unsure at first, he eventually agreed that it was for the best.

Explaining the decision to The Sun, Paris said: "We finish school at primary age, which is the traditional traveller way.

The Fury family.
Instagram/@parisfury1

"We’ve just brought the tradition into the 21st century. Venezuela wanted to leave school and all her [traveller] friends were leaving.

"Her tutor is gonna keep her up to date with all of her tests. She will also be having piano lessons."

She continued: "We move so much. It wouldn’t work if they were in school full-time to then be off to America."

Recalling the night that Venezuela had her school leaving party, Paris said that 'gentle giant' Tyson used it as an opportunity to be the 'cool' parent.

"Venezuela was going to her school leaving party and had a giant pair of my heels on," Paris explained.

"I said: ‘You are not wearing them.’ But she said: ‘Please. All the girls are wearing heels.’

"I thought I would be clever and said: ‘If your dad says you can wear them, you can.’

"And she came running down saying: ‘Dad said yes!’ I thought he would be this strict dad, but he’s not. He wants to be the cool parent."

Paris and Tyson are also parents to Prince John James, 10, Prince Tyson II, six, Valencia, five, Prince Adonis Amaziah, four, and Athena, two.

Venezuela, Valencia and Athena.
Instagram/@parisfury1

The couple first met almost two decades ago, when Tyson was 17 and Paris was 15 and tied the knot back in 2008.

Traveller schooling traditions is something Molly-Mae and Tommy address in the Netflix docuseries too, filmed not long before the pair welcomed daughter Bambi.

In one episode, Molly-Mae says: “We were speaking about schooling, and for him [Tommy], I think he just probably wouldn’t have her going to school.

“He literally thinks that the minute she’s born, he’s just gonna put her in his bag, and he’s just gonna take her round everywhere with him.

“But yeah, I think we need to sort of work out a way that I’m happy, he’s happy, the families are happy, and the baby’s happy, essentially.

“But with school and stuff, I said I would preferably prefer her to go to school because that’s the way I was raised.”

Featured Image Credit: Netflix/Instagram/@parisfury1

Topics: Celebrity, Documentaries, Netflix, Parenting