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‘It’s s**t’ Helen Skelton breaks silence on devastating loss that altered her perspective

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Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton might be projecting an image of effortless glitz and glamour but behind the scenes she's been harbouring secret trauma.

Not only did the former Blue Peter favourite endure the break-up of her family recently when ex-husband Richie Myler left the family home, but two of her cousinsdied, leaving her devastated.

However, Helen, 39, admitted that some of the family heartache she'd seen in her Blue Peter days had put life into perspective for her, and made it difficult for her to think "woe is me".She'd interviewed kids for Children In Need whose parents had suffered with serious conditions including agoraphobia and schizophrenia, and she'd seen young people undergo painful surgeries for facial disfigurement.However, the Strictly Come Dancing fave has endured heartbreak of her own, after losing two cousins - one to breast cancer and one to a tragic accident."I’m a family person.

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