Loose Women's Jane McDonald reveals she lost everything despite sell-out tours
dailyrecord.co.ukLoose Women's Jane McDonald has revealed she lost everything despite numerous sell-out tours.As Jane, 61, reflected in her fresh-off-the-press memoir 'Let The Light In', she opened up for the first time about the agonising loss of her fiance Eddie Rothe to lung cancer last year and dozens of career ups and downs.
Her latest book sharing its name with her 2021 album sees the Loose Woman pannelist opening up about her challenges which she explained to OK! "There have been many and that's exactly what they are failures and mistakes." The conversation navigates to a particularly tough time in 2002 when espite being at the peak of fame and setting up home in Florida with then-husband and manager Henrik Brixen, she hit rock bottom and "lost absolutely everything".After years of performing sellout tours, including a stint in Las Vegas, and with the promise of a new album and a BBC documentary on the horizon, Jane "felt sick" when she discovered she had no money to show for any of it.
Blaming the inexperience of her husband as her manager, but also herself for not having an eye on the books, Jane fired Henrik.
It spelled the end of their five-year marriage and she found herself back home in Wakefield living with her mother at the age of 40.She said: "I've had a few sticky moments and I've taken a lot of risks in my life, but I don't do fear any more.
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