BBC The One Show's Alex Jones' shares revelation about husband's health battle
BBC The One Show's Alex Jones' shares revelation about husband's health battle
The One Show's Alex Jones has been married to insurance broker Charlie Thomson since 2015
Broadcaster Alex Jones has spoken candidly about her husband Charlie Thomson's harrowing health ordeal. In the previous year, she divulged that Charlie had experienced a "rough period" throughout 2023.
The beloved One Show presenter tied the knot with insurance broker Charlie in 2015, and they have been blessed with three children since. However, last year Alex confided that Charlie had become merely a "shadow of himself" amid his mental health struggles, reports the Mirror.
On a podcast discussion, she recounted witnessing Charlie "fall apart" as he dealt with Lyme Disease and viral meningitis. During her conversation on Gabby Logan's podcast The MidPoint, a relieved Alex reported that Charlie is "in a much better place now".
She explained her motivation to podcast host Gabby: "I think what drives me is the fact that we have got three young children, and I feel, for them, I need to do the best to preserve myself."
Alex Jones and husband Charlie
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Alex went on to say: "Mum and dad have always been healthy, growing up we've always eaten a balanced diet, but more so, Charlie and I are focused on that.
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"He also wasn't very well last year," she mentioned, prompting Gabby to inquire: "How is he now?"
To this, Alex replied: "He's good, yes. He's in a way better place now to where we were a year ago but diet has played a huge part in that. We always eat relatively well but he's quite into nutrition."
She elaborated: "I think it was a way for him as well to fill his days in a sense when he wasn't feeling well. And he decided to take on this kind of role, right, well, we've got the medication, but I'm going to see what else I can do to help myself. He used to be a chef so cooking and food is very much something he loves and it brings him a lot of joy.
"I'm very lucky he cooks most meals, but I do say it's the glory job because nobody says, 'you stacked that dishwasher so well,' so he does all the cooking but we eat really well.
"Lots of pulses, lots of greens, lots of vegetables, and this thing that was news to me that five to 10 a day isn't enough, it's the variety, eat the rainbow, I say it on a loop to my children," she articulated.
The couple share three children
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"Charlie makes all their meals, which is brilliant so they eat really well," she mentioned regarding the children's nutrition.
Alex then jestingly remarked: "Don't get me wrong Annie was having sugar at six months, Ted didn't even see sugar until he was three."
While she did not specify her husband's mental health struggles, she did touch upon them on the How To Fail Podcast, revealing that her husband had "gone downhill fast mentally".
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"It's my husband's own story to tell, so I won't go into detail, but he suffers with his mental health and we've just been through a really bad period where, bless him, he had Lyme Disease and then he had viral meningitis. Lots of things happened recently."
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