Amy Childs' agony over postponing wedding after mum's terrifying health scare

Daily Mirror

2 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Reality star Amy Childs has made the heartbreaking decision to postpone her wedding to fiancé Billy Delbosq, after her mum Julie suffered a terrifying heart attack
With a wedding on the horizon, her house renovations nearly complete, and a new series of TOWIE in the pipeline, 2025 was shaping up to be a special year for Amy Childs. However, she exclusively reveals that her family's world has been thrown into disarray following her mum Julie's terrifying heart attack – and as a result,t she and fiancé Billy Delbosq have decided to postpone their big day.
'It has been intensely stressful,' Amy, 34, confides. 'None of us was expecting Mum to have a heart attack – it turned our world upside down.' Amy, Billy, their two-year-old twins Billy and Milly, and Amy's children from previous relationships – Polly, nine, and Ritchie, eight – were enjoying a family holiday in Tenerife when Amy received the bombshell news.
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'We got the awful phone call from my dad that Mum had a heart attack when we were out there, and we decided to fly home that same night. I was in shock. Mum was at home when it happened and suddenly got this excruciating pain in her chest. She was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they said she'd had a severe heart attack.
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"It was so frightening. She had a stent put in and was in hospital for six days. She's now home but she's being monitored daily and is on a lot of medication. It's so tough for her – she sometimes struggles to walk upstairs." Amy went on to tell OK! that the hardest part for her is that it's difficult for her to spend as much time with her grandchildren because she needs to rest. It's heartbreaking. She was only 59 – it happened just before her 60th birthday. We cancelled all her birthday celebrations, but we're hoping to do something later in the year.'
Although it's too early for doctors to give a full prognosis, Amy says, sadly, her mum is not 'out of the woods just yet' and is 'taking it day by day'. "We've all been worried sick. It's been horrendous and just shows you never know what's around the corner in life. My mum and I are inseparable, best friends. We call each other five times a day. She always jokes that she never cut the umbilical cord when it came to me, so it was just devastating.'
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Understandably, Amy and Billy have made the heartbreaking decision to postpone their big day, which was booked for September at the stunning Cliveden House Hotel in Berkshire.
'I'd already booked the florist, the entertainment, and I'd started looking at some gorgeous wedding dresses. But it all got too much, to be honest – so we decided to move it to next year,' Amy sighs. 'It's upsetting, but I know we've made the right decision. Right now, we're focused on looking after Mum. When we come back from filming TOWIE, we'll start thinking about getting another date booked in. We want to have the most beautiful day so it's worth waiting for.'
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Now, the couple, who are also in the middle of extensive house renovations, inside and out, are hoping to tie the knot next summer. As for where the wedding might be, Amy says they're now considering having the ceremony abroad.
'We'd love all the family to fly out somewhere, and have a white party the day after. The kids would all have a special role to play. Polly will love it, and Milly and Bill will be three by then. The kids will be that little bit older, which is lovely. It will be so special. We just want it to be amazing, not rushed. Yes, I'm upset that we've had to postpone it, but we've made the right decision.'
So will the cast of TOWIE be out in force for their big day? Straight-talking Amy says yes – with two exceptions. 'But I'm not going to name names! Everyone else will be invited. We love our TOWIE family and we'll obviously have lots of friends and family there too.'
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Meanwhile, Amy is keen to address the recent speculation about her weight loss, and the vicious trolling she's suffered as a result of it. As Billy puts a supportive arm around his fiancée, she tells us her change in appearance is down to stress and worry.
'People don't know what is going on behind closed doors. I'm going through so much at the minute that the weight has fallen off me. I worry about my mum constantly. She's very emotional – she thinks she's going to have another heart attack. People think I'm not eating, but I do eat.
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"To be honest I do feel better when I'm a bit heavier than I am at the moment. There's so much going on at the minute – it's the result of pure stress. We're also having renovations done in the midst of parenting four kids. But I'm strong, I've been in this industry for 15 years. I've had lots of people concerned about me, which I completely understand, but yes, people can be so quick to judge.
'It's so unfair – it shouldn't matter what size people are. Imagine if I was really happy and healthy this way? I've been open about losing too much, but I'm working towards putting some back on now.'
Amy is also keen to address rumours that she has been using weight-loss injections. 'I just want to be clear that, as I've said before, I'm not using weight-loss injections. I did try the jab, but just once about 18 months ago. It made me so, so ill. I injected myself and literally a few hours later I threw up three, four times. I've never had sickness like it. The nausea stayed with me for three days. And it scared me so I stopped immediately. It doesn't agree with everybody and it obviously didn't agree with me at all.'
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Amy explains that she had gone to a private doctor with the hope of losing some weight. She had her weight and blood pressure checked during a 30-minute consultation before being prescribed the injections, which started at the lowest dose.
'Bill was like, 'I don't know if you really need to do it,' but he'd proposed to me and I felt like I wanted to look amazing for my wedding day and wanted to lose some baby weight after having the twins – although I do think it's important that women shouldn't feel under pressure to lose weight after having a baby. But after feeling ill I stopped straight away, so it's not the reason for my weight loss.'
Amy then began a training and healthy eating routine in order to shape up naturally. She started working with Freya from Potentia, an online weight-loss coach based in Dubai.
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'I decided, 'Right, I've got to do it the proper way now.' Freya gave me amazing recipe plans and workouts to follow, which I stuck to religiously. She got me in the gym four times a week, eating really clean. I had to be very boring for a good six months, but I felt amazing. It's only more recently that I've been losing weight due to stress, that it doesn't feel healthy.'
Businessman Billy, who proposed to Amy in 2023 by dressing their twins in 'Mummy will you marry my Daddy?' sleepsuits, admits it's been heartbreaking watching her suffer. 'To see Amy sick with worry about her mum is hard. Added to that, family life's been really hectic, and it's all definitely affected Amy. But she's very thick-skinned; she does pick herself up quite quickly.'
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The couple are honest about how challenging it can be with four young children at home, with Billy admitting, 'We have our ups and downs, but we get over them quickly.'
Amy says the twins are in the middle of the 'terrible twos ' and constantly fighting. 'It's tough,' she says. 'Bill and I bicker about the babies. But the bottom line is, we've got a great relationship and we make the time with the kids and also with each other.'
But Amy – who tells us, laughing, that she normally does at least 8,000 steps a day fitting in her brand work and looking after her little ones, alongside park trips, playing padel and dance lessons – adds, 'It's all about keeping the spark alive, though, and Billy and I make sure we have a lovely date night a week. We cook together and dance in the kitchen together. He's the love of my life.'
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Billy says he's enjoying life in a blended family, even if it wasn't what he had envisaged. 'You want to find the perfect person who probably hasn't got children, and you create your own little family together. But meeting Amy and the kids… I love kids. I come from a big family and I found it so easy to get on with Polly and Rich. It always felt natural.'
Would they consider having more children together? 'Definitely not!' laughs Billy. 'We have four beautiful kids. One more in the mix and we'd have to buy a minibus to ferry them about in.'
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Amy admits that she did consider having 'one more', but that's changed. 'We're looking forward to them getting older, having more relaxing holidays. It's not a proper holiday when you've got kids, especially twins – beautiful as they are.'
She's even encouraging Billy to have a vasectomy. 'I've had the C-section, the natural births, it's Bill's turn now,' she tells us. Although he's not so sure. "As a man, it's one thing you never want taken away from you,' he says, adding, 'I also don't want the pain.'
Meanwhile, they're optimistic about life getting a little calmer – even if they are about to launch themselves into a new series of TOWIE, the reality show that propelled Amy to fame back in 2010.
But insisting she's not involved in any of the cat fights and scandal, Amy says, 'Bill and I are older, we're not involved in any drama. Filming with Harry especially, we have such a laugh. We just have fun filming with the babies. We're the solid family unit on the show really and I love that.'