I'm A Celebrity's Victoria Derbyshire has bravely opened up about suffering a miscarriage while on a plane, and how she continued to work despite the ordeal. The broadcaster revealed that the tragic incident occurred many years ago, before she became a mother to her sons Oliver, 20, and Joe, 17, with husband Mark Sandell. Describing her reaction at the time as "practical and pragmatic", she admitted it was "absolutely bizarre" that she carried on working.
peaking on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Victoria confessed that the loss of her first pregnancy was "very upsetting". Despite being a natural "talker", it took her five years to open up about the experience. The Newsnight presenter, who appeared on the ITV show in 2020, said: "I actually had the miscarriage on a plane.
I was just so sort of practical and pragmatic. I was like, 'Well this is happening now and I'm going to work,' and I just sort of carried on. It's absolutely bizarre.
" She told podcast host Giovanna Fletcher that the experience was "very upsetting", adding: "I'm a talker, I talk about everything. I'm really open. Maybe it's partly because of the way I was brought up.
We talked to my mum about all the c*** that was going on.", reports the Daily Star . "That was one thing I couldn't talk about for about five years; it was so odd.
.. I could not speak about it.
" The telly favourite opened up about a deeply personal experience, sharing that her sons are aware of her miscarriage and often ponder on the sibling.