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Jane McDonald emotionally says 'it never leaves you' as she warns fans over tour

Jane McDonald has emotionally shared how the grief of losing her mother and her partner 'never leaves you' as she gave a warning to fans about her upcoming tour. The singer and cruising favourite appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Friday morning (April 26) to chat about her latest projects.
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'Life's too short!' Jane McDonald on losing love of life Eddie Rothe to cancer
The Mirror.Longing for the pandemic to be over so that she can start to appreciate her blessings again, Jane has vowed to do more travelling.She also reversed the decision she had made in 2021 to retire from performing after realising that packing her life full of work was helping with her grief."It’s been my healer being out with the fans," she subsequently told the world when she appeared as a guest on ITV's Loose Women.The 58-year-old has lamented that she is no longer as young as she once was, but still wants to combine time spent singing with her work on-screen.Her seventh series of Cruising With Jane McDonald recently aired on TV."I am going to dedicate 2023 to more television because I am getting on a bit – I’m not as young as I should be," she joked.The star, who rose to fame in her 30s after appearing on The Cruise in 1998, was left shaken and saddened by Eddie's death.She had been planning a long-term future with the Liquid Gold drummer, only for it to be taken from them when he succumbed to lung cancer last spring.She now feels her future endeavours will be a way to pay tribute to him.Her relationship with Eddie had been a chance at finding happiness with a partner again after her previous ill-fated marriage with a plumber she had met while touring in the Caribbean.After their televised wedding, her then husband Henrik gave up his career to become Jane's manager, which eventually soured the waters between them.Speaking in her autobiography, Riding The Waves: My Story, Jane confessed: "Your manager is your boss and tells you what to do, what to wear and who to be, so our relationship changed."I loved him with all my heart, but felt he had stopped looking at me as a wife. I became a product.
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Jane McDonald details 'dodgy marriage' with ex-husband Henrik
Loose Women panellist and singer Jane McDonald, 58, has spoken about her ex-husband and the reasons their marriage broke down in an unearthed interview, as well as sharing how she first met her late fiancé, Eddie Rothe.The host of Channel 5 show Jane McDonald: My Yorkshire described her marriage to Danish-born Henrik Brixen as “dodgy”.Speaking in 2014, Jane told The Bolton News the marriage had been one of life’s “ups and downs”.The Yorkshire native said: “My life has been full of ups and downs.“Yes I had a dodgy marriage with Henrik but it was circumstance, not personal.”The couple had met on a cruise ship and married in 1998 but the marriage only lasted for five years.Jane said she bears no ill will towards her ex-husband.She explained: “I won’t hear a word said against him.”The Loose Women favourite also spoke to The Mirror, in 2018, discussing the reasons her marriage to Henrik failed.Henrik, who was a plumber when they met, became Jane’s manager.He became concerned that her singing career may be negatively impacted if they stayed together.Jane explained: “Henrik tried his very very best and he was brilliant at what he did, but he didn’t know the industry.She added: “We'd come to a point where Henrik had made quite a few enemies and he said, ‘If I don’t leave you, you are never going to have a career.“And that is why I never talk about Henrik in a bad light at all because he was the one that walked out of the marriage to save my career.”Jane later became engaged to Liquid Gold and The Searchers drummer, Eddie Rothe, in 2008.They had previously dated when Jane was 18 but the relationship had been short-lived at the time.As a panellist on Loose Women, Jane was reintroduced to Eddie years later.Jane was a part of the
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'Allowed to have bad days' Jane McDonald on coping with grief following fiancé's death
Carol Vorderman on her BBC Radio Wales show today.The pair discussed the singer’s late fiancé, Eddie Rothe, who died last March aged 67 following a battle with lung cancer.Carol, who has been friends with Jane since they appeared on Loose Women together, expressed her condolences and said Eddie was a “wonderful man”.The host empathised: “I knew Ed, your wonderful man who died last year, and I know it’s tragic.“I always said that he was the most smiley man I had ever seen in my life, he never stopped smiling and everyone adored him who met him.“If I can ask you Jane, because I know it’s still very raw, about the support from fans and how important that has been?”Jane candidly explained: “I think we all go through times in life which are so devastating that we never think we are going to come out of it.“But we do, and it is the support and the network that I have around me that has helped me through.“I couldn’t have done it without the people around me. I’m so grateful to them.”Jane pointed out that she has to take “baby steps” and acknowledged “you are allowed to have bad days” when coping with such heartbreak.A post shared by Jane McDonald (@thejanemcdonald)She continued: “Just think of all the positive things in your life because there are so many if you look for them.Ed’s death was confirmed on Jane’s Twitter page.
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Jane McDonald, 58, sparks frenzy as star flashes legs as she celebrates return to the sea
"You look lovely x."@Lynnni1963 echoed similar words, asking: "Love your top. Where is it from please?"Another commenter named @knit.away added: "You look amazing and a Yorkshire woman like myself you do us proud."@goldiephoebe1104 continued: "That looks sheer hello!!!! Absolutely love your top."It's been a tough year for the former Loose Women panellist whose fiancé Eddie Rothe died of lung cancer in March 2021.Shortly after his death, the TV presenter shocked fans when she announced her retirement plans from showbiz, a decision she made as she grieved the demise of her partner of 13 years.The Yorkshire native served as Ed's nurse in the final six months leading up to his death, with doctors later telling Jane there was a great risk her significant other could be infected with Covid-19.Jane that she was overcome with emotions after losing Eddie, to the point she didn't see herself continuing with a career in the entertainment industry.She opened up about her change of heart during an appearance on the ITV daytime chat show in November."I was supposed to be retiring at the end of the year," Jane said."But it's been the only thing that I know what to do."It's been my healer being out with the fans, and I thank them so much for everything that they've done for me, and Wakefield Hospice, obviously, as well."She further touched on the death of Eddie, recalling how nobody was allowed to care or visit the former drummer in fear that he could catch Covid.As his health was already deteriorating, Jane went above and beyond to keep him safe at all times."Because it was lung cancer, they were so afraid of him getting Covid that I took over everything," she explained."And that was a privilege.
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