When Patrick Kielty and one of their sons were involved in a shooter scare in a US shopping mall, Cat Deeley has mentioned on occasion that they lived in the US.
Presenter Cat Deeley said that her husband Patrick Kielty and one of their sons getting caught up in a shooter scare was a “catalyst” for them deciding to leave the US. They later moved back to the UK after the “terrifying” incident.
Cat, 48, and Patrick, 54, who announced their separation this week, returned to London with their two children back in 2020. The former couple, who have been married since 2012, had previously lived in Los Angeles for years.
The family’s relocation is said to have been prompted by Patrick and their eldest son Milo, who was three at the time, ending up in a “really scary” situation, with Cat’s comments about the experience resurfacing recently. It comes amid the news that Cat found moving back to London “really hard” despite her having concerns about her life in LA.
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Cat spoke about the mall incident in an interview published in 2019. Speaking to the Telegraph just “a month or so” after it happened, she said: “They had been in a Shake Shack in Century City Mall and there was a shooter scare.”
She claimed that the mall’s residents were urged to urinate behind the counter or be “pushed” into the restrooms. She also claimed that there were screams and crying. The FBI showed up with guns as they were all hiding, Cat continued.
In the end, she’s said, “Paddy kept Milo calm because he didn’t really know what was going on,” and she later claimed that her three-year-old had experienced that.
She’s since spoken on the incident on other occasions too, including in an interview with You magazine in 2020. She recalled: “They shut down the centre. I got a call from Paddy, saying, ‘They’re taking us out through the fire exits but nobody can get to their car. If we walk to a junction, can you come and get us?'”
Cat said that she hadn’t understood the “enormity” of the situation as her husband was trying to keep their son calm, adding that he distracted him with Peppa Pig on his phone. She said: “As I was driving I began to see helicopters, news vans, firemen and SWAT squads.” She described the situation as “terrifying” but said her son “didn’t properly understand”.
Cat claimed that the incident led to their return to the UK later that year while speaking on ITV’s Lorraine. She remarked, “It was a bit of the catalyst.” She said, “[Paddy] and Milo were stranded in a shopping center, and] I had to go pick them up.”
Cat continued, “I wasn’t sure where they were entirely.” There were news crews, police vans, and helicopters. For me, it was terrifying. Everyone was okay and safe, I suppose, but it was terrifying for me.
She did, however, claim that the couple “always” intended to relocate their children to the UK so they could be closer to grandparents and other relatives. You don’t get those special moments back again, Cat said. We therefore had always believed that we would bring them back to make sure everyone in the family and friends knew us.
And speaking to the Sunday Times last year, Cat said that she found the experience to be “really scary”. The outlet reported that there had been rumours of a shooter in the area but that it turned out to be over a suspect package.
Cat responded, “I found that incredibly frightening.” She continued in the interview, “Then we’d go to schools and they’d say, “This is the safe room and this is the drill if we have a live shooter on the premises.” Very, very challenging.
Source: Mirror
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