Alex Jones has opened up about how difficult it was to see her beloved husband Charlie Thompson suffer through a battle with mental health. The One Show presenter, 47, is married to insurance Broker Charlie, and the pair share three children together. Alex recently revealed that her husband 'wasn't very well' last year and suffered through a terrible period of bad mental health which impacted her whole family who were left concerned.
Charlie suffered mentally after he was diagnosed with viral meningitis and Lyme Disease. The BBC star has now shared more heartbreaking details, admitting that she didn't know what to do as she watched her husband suffer. Speaking on Fearne Cotton's podcast Happy Place, Alex bravely detailed how the ordeal impacted her mentally and emotionally.
For the sake of her husband's privacy, Alex didn't share too much detail about his battle with mental health, but she told podcast host Fearne: "Everybody has periods where you just don't feel great. I mean going back to my late 20s - woah. Looking back now, that was a mess.
And I've talked before, my husband has suffered in the past." Podcast host Fearne then replied: "It's your husband's story, we don't need to get into your husband, but as you just touched on, he had a bad patch of mental health. It's hard as a partner that you can't fix them.
That's quite a frustrating feeling. How did you navigate that?" To which Alex shared: "You're right. I went quite 1980s and was like - right, come on.
That was the way I had been brought up. Snap out of it. It was grim.
I didn't know what to do. In general, I think people don't reach out when they're in despair." Alex admitted that she thought she was going to lose her beloved husband.
In a heartbreaking confession, she said: "I was looking at him and thinking I'm looking and hearing somebody who is not my husband". However, one year on, Charlie is now recovering and in a 'much better place' than he was. BBC star Alex has urged others who are suffering in silence with their mental health to reach out to their loved ones to share their burdens.
If you are struggling with mental health, you can speak to a trained advisor from Mind mental health charity on 0300 123 3393 or email [email protected] Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .
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