the accident that left her fiancé paralysed. 42-year-old Abbington is engaged to escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, who shot to fame after he appeared on Britain’s Got Talent in 2019.
Amanda revealed that the Welsh daredevil became paralysed in 2021 after an accident during rehearsals for America's Got Talent : Extreme.
Opening up about the accident on Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast, the Mr Selfridge actress said: “He's paralysed now he's in a wheelchair.“Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever.”The pair hadn’t been together long, but shortly after his accident last year Goodwin confirmed their engagement on Instagram when he referred to Amanda as his “fiancée”.Amanda and Jonathan’s relationship started online.
The couple had first been friends on social media for over 10 years. Amanda said she followed Jonathan because her son thought he was “amazing”.But in January 2021 Amanda’s four-year relationship with The Queen's Gambit star Jonjo O'Neill ended and Jonathan also split from his wife.After this, the pair connected and had a whirlwind romance.
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