Fiona Phillips, a TV presenter, was found to have early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2022, and the pair recently opened up about how to handle the condition in a sincere new book.
Martin Frizell, the This Morning boss, claimed that the Phillip Schofield drama “aided” him in dealing with Fiona Phillips’ Alzheimer’s diagnosis. He recently claimed that while things were going smoothly at home, the drama at work gave him something else to focus on.
Fiona was 61-years-old when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2022. Since then, husband Martin has been by her side caring for her.
Martin talked about how he has coped in his wife’s new memoir, Remember When: My Life With Alzheimer’s, which Martin co-wrote along with journalist friend Alison Phillips. It comes after John Torode’s wife Lisa Faulkner breaks her silence after his MasterChef sacking.
During the diagnosis, Martin was also dealing with some drama while working at This Morning. However, he said that this managed to take “his mind off Fiona at home”. In 2023, This Morning’s Phillip resigned after more than 20 years on the programme after having an affair with a younger colleague.
Co-host Holly Willoughby then resigned later after being informed by police of a plot to kill her. Martin has said that due to being busy at work, it gave him some “structure and normality”.
Speaking in the book, Martin wrote: “I was busy with work at that time. We’d had big changes at This Morning with Phillip Schofield leaving, Holly Willoughby stepping down after the pressures of a serious kidnap threat, and Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard becoming the new hosts in March 2024.
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Being so busy actually helped me, even though it meant there was a lot to sort out to make the show the best it could be. I enjoyed going to work because it provided structure and normality rather than a break from what was happening at home.
“And it also meant that I didn’t have any time to consider what was going to happen to Fiona.” “For both of us.” While all of this was happening, Martin explained that Fiona’s “long-term memory was functioning better than the short-term,” but she was unable to leave because she was becoming more anxious.
Martin quit This Morning a year after the This Morning scandal after first joining in 2014 as editor of Loose Women before taking over at This Morning.
In a statement last November, he said: “Next year I’m expecting my family priorities to change so I need to free up time for them. I love my team at ITV and will miss them and the thrill of live telly but it’s an always on, 24 hours a day, seven days a week commitment and I won’t be able to do both.
It’s been a privilege to lead truly outstanding presenters and producers; between us, we’ve produced around 20 000 hours of live topical television, or about 6,000 of which are awards, and the results are always positive.
Without Martin’s assistance, Martin discusses Fiona’s situation in the book, where she is now unable to “brush her teeth, take shower, and use her phone.” He claimed that his wife “wouldn’t know how to turn the kettle on right now” and that she now “sits and stares” all day.
Source: Mirror
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