GMB host Richard Madeley's life off-screen - dark family secret and strange first encounter with Judy
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRichard Madeley is one of TV's most well-known faces. He has a decades-long career presenting for Britain's popular chat shows and is now a regular host for Good Morning Britain since Piers Morgan's shock exit last year.
The 65-year-old made his telly breakthrough presenting This Morning with his wife Judy Finnigan. Viewers loved watching the pair so much that fans referred to the show as simply 'Richard and Judy' - which later inspired their own Channel 4 early evening show.
But what has Richard's life been like away from the cameras? Richard grew up in Essex, and his dad, Christopher Madeley, was also a journalist. READ MORE: BBC The One Show’s Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas speechless at guest Dan Stevens' scathing Boris Johnson dig He recently opened up about how his father used to beat him until the age of nine or 10, when his mum Mary intervened.
Richard claims he suspects his dad was sexually abused as a teenager when he was sent to boarding school. He believes that this left his dad "broken" and "f***ed up" and may have been the reason why his dad hit him "five or six times a year" with a bamboo stick, reports the Mirror.
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