Dedicated Mother Natasha Kaplinksy takes a £300,000 pay cut to spend more time with her baby

Five news presenter 36 year old Natasha Kaplinsky has decided to take a £300,000 pay cut to spend more time with her baby Arlo.

Since the Birth of son Arlo eight months ago, Kaplinsky has been taking time out from the 7pm slot and hosting the 5pm news bulletin instead. Natasha decided to return to her job part time, four and a half months after giving birth. Only wanting to do the early slot to ensure that she could put her son to bed in the evenings.

Natasha had been on track to retuning to both slots as Arlo gets older, but has decided to stick to her current arrangement, denying her opportunity to restore her salary to £1m a year.

A close friend of Kaplinsky’s said that Natasha understands that she will not be able to keep her big salary but really isn’t worried about it. Apparently she just just wants to make the most of her time with Arlo, getting the work-life balance right.

The presenter fell pregnant only six weeks after working for Five, admitting that it was a difficult situation. Natashas first apperance on the news show attracted nearly double the amound of viewers that Five usually expects on a week night.

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