Big Brother star Imogen Thomas has opened up about the heartbreaking impact of her mum’s Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis — and in an exclusive interview, admits she’s now “dreading” their upcoming holiday to Italy as her condition worsens.
Big Brother star Imogen Thomas has shared the heartbreaking reality of her mum’s ongoing battle with motor neurone disease, admitting during an exclusive chat with OK! that sadly, she’s “dreading” an upcoming holiday as her mother’s condition continues to worsen.
The Welsh model, 42, revealed in an exclusive chat with us, that her mum Janette was diagnosed with the progressive neurological disease in 2023, and although she’s “OK right now,” the impact on her daily life has been devastating.
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“Her right side has gone now, so it’s dead,” Imogen shared, speaking candidly about how the illness is affecting her family right now. “I go home a lot, now. I’m home once a month to Wales, for four days at a time.”
In an emotional moment, the former Miss Wales revealed she’d booked a trip to Italy for herself and her mum after bidding on it at a motor neurone disease charity event – but now the excitement has been replaced by worry.
“We’re going on holiday soon. I bid for a holiday at a MND charity event, so she and I could go to Italy in June, but now I’m dreading it because the circumstances and how she feels have changed,” she admitted. “But we are trying to stay positive.”
The mum-of-two, who shares daughters Ariana, 12, and Siera, 10, with ex-partner Adam Horsley, might be known for her glam appearance and social media presence – but says dealing with her mum’s health has shifted her priorities and grounded her.
Despite everything going on behind the scenes, Imogen’s life hasn’t slowed down. She recently returned from a family holiday to Turkey, continues to build her property portfolio, and is in a steady relationship with her banker boyfriend of two years. But she admitted the emotional toll of her mum’s illness looms large.
Imogen is still as outspoken and candid as ever, opening up about motherhood, cosmetic surgery, and her future plans – including a possible third boob job, this time a reduction, due to back pain and discomfort. But when it comes to her girls, she’s adamant she’d discourage them from following in her footsteps with surgery. “I’d do everything to avoid it, because I know they would regret it,” she said, adding, “I really don’t want them to.”
The reality star and Miss Wales 2003, who rose to fame on Big Brother in 2006, says she has no regrets about her time on the show and would even go back, telling us: “I loved it, and if they asked me to go on it now, I would.” But for now, her focus is firmly on her family – and being there for her mum, one day at a time.
Source: Mirror
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