Alex Jones says she's 'terrified every day' as she opens up about friend's death
Alex Jones says she's 'terrified every day' as she opens up about friend's death
The BBC One Show presenter shared more about her personal life on the latest episode of Fearne Cotton's podcast - Happy Place
One photo from Alex's Instagram story showed the presenter sitting in a field, with the spectacular mountainous landscape as the backdrop
(Image: Alex Jones / Instagram )
Alex Jones has opened up about the loss of one of her university friends, Maggie on Fearne Cotton's podcast, 'Happy Place'. Speaking on the latest episode, which marked its seventh birthday, the tables were turned as Alex took over to interview Fearne about some of her greatest milestones over the years.
One of the interviews which Fearne highlighted as being the most impactful on her was when she spoke to Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, who had lived as a monk and appeared on the Happy Place podcast when he had only a month left to live. Reflecting on the conversation and discussions around grief, Fearne recalled it as one of the 'most important chats' she had experienced in her life.
When Alex asked Fearne 'Was he scared?' Fearne replied: 'Not so much. Not so much. I think he'd really made peace with it, which is so rare.' For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
Alex noted: 'Well, I mean, it's supremely brave. I'm scared of death every day of my life.'
She later added: 'We lost one of our uni girls and they're my best friends, and we lost Maggie.
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'And she was just hilarious. Her handbag was a lunchbox, you know, and she was just so funny.
'She worked in the newsroom in the shortest of mini skirts, she was just a character.'
Discussing grief, Alex said: 'It's a very odd subject, I'm still terrified of it.'
Fearne added, referring to the death of her close friend and the founder of the breast cancer awareness charity KoppaFeel! Kris Halleng: 'Sometimes, and I'm sure you feel like this about Maggie, sometimes I just think oh Kris, she's just in Cornwall.
'Then I'm like, oh my god, she's not and I can't get my head around it - where is she? I cannot get my head around it.'
Alex agreed, noting: 'That's what I think', adding: 'They're somewhere.'
Fearne continued: 'They're definitely somewhere. But it's so abstract, so surreal. We hadn't covered death, really on the podcast so I think that was quite confronting for a lot of people but I feel lucky we can chat about this stuff very openly.'
Happy Place is Fearne Cotton's hugely successful podcast that started in 2018 as a space for honest conversations about mental health and everything that makes people human.
Over the years, it has grown beyond a podcast as there are now live festivals, bestselling books, a publishing arm, and a marketplace, all carrying the same message.
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