Paddy McGuinness says he and wife 'fell into depressive state' amid parenthood struggles

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Comedian Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine felt “permanently jetlagged” due to a lack of sleep caused by their twins Leo and Penelope.The couple fell into a “depressive state” until their children were around four or five years old.A Question of Sport presenter Paddy, 48, admitted he and his wife Christine, 33, were incredibly sleep-deprived in the early years of raising their children.The star made the candid admission while providing an insight into being a father to children with autism alongside his wife.Paddy and Christine share eight-year-old twins Leo and Penelope, as well as a five-year-old daughter named Felicity.The comedian confessed that a lack of sleep raising the twins had “really affected” them both.He said: “When I think back to the twins - Leo and Penelope, up to kind of being four or five years old - the lack of sleep that me and Christine had really affected us.“I think that's when I first started going into that kind of depressive state.“I felt like I was permanently jetlagged,” he added during his interview with MailOnline.Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Christine, who was also present at the interview, revealed that she felt “inspired” by her children and their ability to not care what others think.She said: “When I've taken our children out and about - they're completely not interested in what anyone thinks of them.“If they want to have a meltdown, or if they have sensory overload, they just carry on being them, and in some ways, I find it kind of inspirational.They don't care.”In December of last year, the BBC aired a documentary featuring the McGuinness couple and their children called Our Family and Autism, Paddy and Christine.After its success in spreading awareness about autism, the.