Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie have been married for 36 years, but the changing rooms star says he had a cry with his wife after a near-death experience
Television personality Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen revealed that both he and his wife, Jackie, had a cry following his near-death experience on the set of a programme.
Laurence and Jackie, both aged 60, spoke after the legendary designer had to be resuscitated after becoming stuck beneath a vessel while recording Celebrity Bear Hunt for Netflix.
The ex-Changing Rooms host blacked out while caught under a boat and required two and a half oxygen cylinders to regain awareness.
Once he had physically healed, the mental effects struck him, and he phoned his wife of 36 years to talk through what happened.
He told Woman’s Weekly: “I’ve been apologising to Netflix ever since for causing such fuss. When I eventually left the camp and got back to the hotel, I rang Jackie and we both had a good old cry over Zoom.
“It was a life-affirming moment, absolutely. Whenever you get to the other side of a difficult or dangerous situation, you think, ‘Oh gosh, I got away with that.'”
This is not the first time Laurence has discussed his wellbeing or his thoughts on mortality, particularly after reports emerged that he had transferred ownership of his Cotswolds property to his sons-in-law.
Laurence explained he reached this decision following the Netflix programme, presented by Holly Willoughby and Bear Grylls, and went through an “end of life” crisis.
He resides at his Cotswolds property alongside his wife, their youngest daughter Hermione, and her partner. His eldest daughter, Cecile, also lives on the same estate with her husband and their two children.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, he said: “One of the most amusing things was having to sit down with a solicitor for them to assess whether Jackie and I were being coerced into this by our bullying sons-in-law.
“Our friends just can’t believe it. They go, ‘what happens if you all fall out?’ We’re not going to be those old people sitting on a great big pile of cash. Terribly unhappy, terribly lonely.
“Owning a lot of stuff but not actually having the benefit of it. We are very, very privileged, but we have made this decision. We have manifested this life.”
Elaborating on the choice, Laurence told the Manchester Evening News that the decision to hand over the property now wasn’t challenging.
He explained: “We’ve worked very hard to make the life we want. After thirty years on television, I’ve worked very hard to get here.
“With things now like us all living together and how we’ve split the house up, which everyone is so intrigued about, that’s a decision.
Source: Mirror
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