Kelly Brook refused to move house because her dad's ashes were scattered in her garden

Speaking on UK TV show Loose Women, she said: "I stayed in my property, I was there for 16 years and it was very much my house, I had various relationships through that but when I met my husband Jeremy, we just wanted our own house, I felt like I was living with the ghosts of my past.

"He did try and live there with me a little bit but the rug or the picture or the painting.... I just got rid of everything.

"I just think it's nice to have a fresh start.

"The only thing I would say is I think I held on to it a bit too long because when my dad passed away, I sprinkled some of his ashes in the garden. I was like, I can never sell this house now. I didn't tell the new owners.

"There was a bit of the garden that he liked. I almost felt that 'the spirit of my dad was still there, so I could never sell this house now.' "

When she did finally make the move, Kelly found saying goodbye to her garden a "wrench" because she had put so much work into it.

She said: "I'd spent so much time in my garden and I said to my husband when we were selling it, I could never build a garden like this again because it had been 16 years, and to do that again I wouldn't know where to start.

"So to hand that over was a bit of a wrench, but you have to move on with your life."

Kelly previously admitted she used to "feel like a failure" without children.

She told Prima UK: "In my 20s and 30s, I had miscarriages and past relationships that took their toll on me, physically and emotionally.

"It affected my life, my career and how I looked at myself; it made me feel like a bit of a failure. It made me judge my partners negatively, by how they responded to it. I never had a really positive experience with pregnancies and trying for children."

The Taking Stock star is content being child-free but noted that others can be surprised if she comes across as "blunt" when defending her decision.

She said: "I just got so sick of being asked about it. 'We're not having children' kind of closes off this conversation. I think people are shocked you can be that blunt about it, but that's where we're at."

Kelly was quick to insist that it is "not a bad thing" to have children, but doesn't think that her decision is unique to her.

She added: "And we're not saying that having children is a bad thing. Obviously, it's not, but I don't think I'm alone."