Georgia Jones says 'I lost my sparkle' as she details health battle

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Georgia Jones says 'I lost my sparkle' as she details health battle
Georgia Jones has tearfully opened up about suffering from postnatal depression.
Georgina Jones has opened up about suffering from postnatal depression
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Influencer and podcast host Georgia, 38, married McFly singer Danny in 2014, and the couple welcomed their son Cooper in January 2019.
The former Miss World and I'm A Celebrity winner's relationship was thrown into the spotlight last year after footage emerged of him appearing to kiss fellow jungle star Maura Higgins at a Brit Awards afterparty.
Danny, 39, later took to social media to issue an apology directed at his wife and family, saying sorry for 'putting them in this situation'.
While it's been claimed they're working on their marriage and moving on from the scandal, Georgia has remained out of the spotlight in recent months.
However, she's now made one of her first TV appearances on Monday's This Morning, speaking about an important issue after suffering with it herself.
With postnatal depression affecting more than one in 10 women within a year of giving birth, Georgia emotionally opened up on her 18-month struggle after she gave birth to Cooper.
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The couple married in 2014
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'Cooper is our absolute world, and it's hard to imagine, but the immense love I have for him now wasn't there right from the beginning,' she shared.
She continued: 'The hardest part for me was just that, becoming mum. It was the initial entrance of Cooper into the world and how I felt.
'It wasn't that instant gushy, 'Oh my gosh, I love my baby so much' and I think because I didn't feel that, I then put so much pressure on myself.'
'I was just not the best person to be around because I was just low,' she added.
Becoming tearful, Georgia heartbreakingly went on to share that she 'felt like I was failing at being a mum, really failing at being a mum, and I didn't want that'.
They share son Cooper together, welcoming him in 2019
(Image: Georgia Horsley/Instagram )
She continued: 'Nothing in me wanted to feel the way I was feeling. You try and you try, each day you wake up and you're like, 'Ok, hopefully I'll feel better today' and then you don't. Then you're like, 'Why? What's wrong with me?''
Georgia went on to say that although she tried to 'mask' her postnatal depression, her close friends and family knew she wasn't coping.
She also shared the impact her health struggle had on her husband, saying: 'Danny definitely noticed that I wasn't myself. What he found hard was that he couldn't fix it and he didn't know how to solve the problem.'
Georgia sought help after 18 months of 'struggling in silence,' saying going to therapy after finally reaching out was 'the best thing I've ever done'.
During the segment on the ITV morning programme, Georgia sat down with clinical psychologist Dr Caroline Boyd to get a better understanding of the science behind postnatal depression and what to look out for.
Georgia and Danny's relationship was thrown into the spotlight last year after the kissing scandal emerged
(Image: Danny Jones Instagram )
She also visited PANDAS charity, who have support groups across the country and offer help and advice to parents affected by mental illness, where she met a group of mums, who have also experienced postnatal depression after giving birth.
After hearing their stories, Georgia emotionally said: 'I had everyone there but couldn't have felt more alone.'
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She later added: 'I always say I felt like I lost my sparkle. You know when you look back at photos from back then, I always look at myself and I think - this is going to make me upset - I think, she wasn't there.'
She also told the group: 'I wish I'd have had a group like you girls to talk to and then maybe I wouldn't have spent 18 months of not being me.'
Reflecting on the experience, Georgia remarked how important it was for her and the women she met to talk about what they were going through.
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'The help is out there, you just need to reach out.'
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player