I have five children, and the age range between the oldest and the youngest is twenty years. Again and again they have been asked if their father was perhaps crazy; alternately, they have been congratulated and assured they could consider themselves lucky to have such a father. The talk show hosts and gossip journalists all want to come to my house to see me in my private life and include my family in an interview. That’s why I decided very early on to draw a clear dividing line between the media and my family, and avoid dragging my wife and children into the spotlight. But I try as much as possible to have a normal, healthy family life, and aim to provide a safe home and a good education for my children. In private, I make jokes rather rarely. At home, I’m more of a nerd. The most important person on earth is and will remain my wife, Jóga, full name Jóhanna Jóhannsdóttir. We are an inseparable unit. Although we are two different individuals, we work and function as one. I never decide anything without discussing it beforehand with my wife.
