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Former ITV broadcaster Fiona Phillips has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 62 and has candidly opened up about spotting the first symptom before it was formally confirmed by her doctor.

Lorraine Kelly is amongst the many TV stars who are sending their love and support to Fiona Phillips after her devastating diagnosis. Yesterday (July 4), the journalist and presenter announced she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the young age of 62.

Fiona Phillips has pinpointed the very first symptom of Alzheimer's she spotted in herself before her heartbreaking diagnosis.

Former GMTV presener Fiona Phillips has been sent thousands of messages of support after she publicly revealed that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Fiona Phillips has revealed that she is living with Alzheimer's at the age of 62.

Journalist and TV presenter Fiona Phillips has revealed her heartbreaking diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease aged just 62.

Fiona Phillips lived in fear for years – scared that she would fall victim to the terrible Alzheimer's Disease that killed both her parents. In fact, the 62 year old former GMTV legend even made plans for her family, should the unthinkable happen. Now her horrors have come true, with the TV presenter revealing her own "heartbreaking" diagnosis to the Mirror.

Fiona Phillips has shared the heartbreaking news that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Sharing all about her condition and dementia battle with The Mirror, where she works as a columnist, the 62 year old TV star said that her disease has "ravaged" her family and now it has "come for" her. "And all over the country there are people of all different ages whose lives are being affected by it - it’s heartbreaking," she said.

Fiona Phillips recalled losing both her parents Amy and Phil to Alzheimer's disease just one year before receiving her own life-altering diagnosis.The GMTV Today presenter, 62, was speaking on This Morning with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby at the time, explaining: "It's important for so many people but for me personally, both my mum and dad had Alzheimer's. "My mum started showing signs in her 50s, and my dad in his early 60s.

Television presenter and journalist Fiona Philips has revealed how she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The columnist was told she had the illness a year ago following months of brain fog and anxiety.

Former television presenter Fiona Phillips has confirmed that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, aged just 62.

This Morning editor Martin Frizell was involved in an incredibly bizarre moment during quizzing over the ITV daytime TV show today, Monday, June 5, as a reporter fired a question outside his home. As Martin emerged from his property in London, a Sky News journalist was waiting to ask him whether This Morning had a "toxic work environment".

Eamonn Holmes has become a household name across the UK over the years and is perhaps best known for his work at ITV, where he hosted the Friday edition of This Morning alongside with his wife Ruth for 15 years between 2006 and 2021. But it’s less well known that the Northern Irish presenter’s big break came as a Farming Reporter for Ulster Television, which he joined in 1979.

Ross Kelly was a familiar face from ITV's This Morning for those who used to watch in the 1990s. He joined as a cover presenter and co-hosted on Fridays during the period when the popular daytime show was presented by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan. Ross, now 61, left This Morning after 3 years and joined GMTV presenting alongside Fiona Phillips and Lorraine Kelly.

Strictly dancers have had to pretend they’re happy with celeb partners on the hit show, it is claimed.The professionals always look thrilled when it’s revealed who they will be dancing with.But Scott Mills claims some of them fake joy for the cameras - despite being secretly miserable.READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing pairings leaked days before first live show set to airThe DJ was a contestant in 2014 and says he saw what really went on.Speaking on Radio 5 Live, he said: "On my series there were some dancers who weren’t happy with their celebrities. But it was never seen on screen."Scott’s co-host Chris Stark is convinced many of the reactions are faked.He said: "One of the things that gets me is when the contestant meets the dancer for the first time and they both have to pretend that they would have chosen each other."The chances that every contestant has been linked with exactly the right dancer and that dancer has been linked with exactly the right contestant is mind-boggling.

prostate cancer last week aged 66.The BBC Breakfast presenter went public with his battle in 2018 after being diagnosed a year before. In her latest column with The Mirror, Fiona Phillips, 61, paid tribute to her "brother" Bill, who she presented BBC show Holding Back The Years with."That show was the first and last time I ever worked closely with him and we clicked straight away," she recalled.“We had such a great time. Bill and I were quite miffed at first that we’d been chosen to present it because it was called Holding Back the Years and we were like ‘Hang on a minute!'"The programme focused on wellbeing, particularly for older people, providing tips on how to stay well, live longer and be healthy.Joan Collins shuts down Meghan Markle after Mariah Carey 'diva' swipe"We laughed a lot," Fiona added.

Good Morning Britain was a thing, presenters Anthea Turner and Eamonn Holmes hosted ITV's pre-cursor GMTV.Bringing smiles to viewers' faces during the week, the two hosts appeared alongside each other from 1994 with broadcaster Fiona Phillips in tow.But although matters seemed rather pleasant on-screen, things were certainly brewing behind the scenes which caused Anthea to make an abrupt departure from the show two years later.What was to follow was a bitter feud that lasted a number of years.But as Anthea celebrates her 62nd birthday, Daily Star has taken a look at what caused the pair to have a rift and whether they are on good terms now.Following her role on BBC's Blue Peter, Anthea left children's television and joined ITV's GMTV in 1994, but she sensationally quit two years later in 1996.According to reports at the time, Anthea and Eamonn's off-screen relationship was frosty and he often made rude remarks about her.Talking to a newspaper publication at the time he claimed Anthea was demanding and nicknamed her "Princess Tippy Toes".He also accused her of being vain and obsessed with her image while reportedly telling TV bosses to sack her or he would leave the show.A year after her departure, Anthea broke her silence on the situation. She explained: "I never was and never wanted to be a rival to Eamonn."Maybe he didn’t understand that.

Eamonn Holmes recalled a feud with Anthea Turner which saw him splashed across the headlines and fearing that both might lose their careers.The former This Morning star revealed all in a recent interview."I was on the front pages of the papers because of a falling-out I had with Anthea Turner - I called her 'Princess Tippy Toes'," Eamonn admitted."It’s laughable now, but at the time it was deadly serious for both of us."It could have cost both of us our jobs, but the station probably secretly relished the publicity," he told The Telegraph.He added that he and Anthea quickly made up and are now good friends - but that didn't happen before the war of words had descended into a scandal.The pair first came to blows while they were hosting GMTV together for two years in the mid 1990s.Anthea believed she had been the victim of sexist stereotypes for being too "ambitious" - a trait she claimed men would never be accused of in a derogatory way."If I said [I was ambitious], I was made out to be a ruthless person who would walk over anybody to get where I wanted," she stated to The Sun."It would be said that I was hormonal, or I was stamping my feet."She added: "Yet if [a man is] ambitious, we think, 'What a guy'."You’d never hear anyone say that about Eamonn or Phillip Schofield.

ITV presenter says her day-to-day life is plagued by fears for her TV career, as she struggles to do the things she once did with ease. In an interview with The Mirror this month, the 61-year-old didn't hold back, admitting that she fears for her "whole life", having recently ran out of a supermarket after suffering from a panic attack."I've cried a thousand rivers in the past few weeks and I've got nothing to be sad about," Fiona explained."I've been fearing for my sanity and am scared to do things I've been doing with ease for years."They call it brain fog; I don't know what I'm talking about half the time."The ex-ITV presenter went on to share that she can no longer take on any TV gigs due to her severe battle with anxiety, which has left her feeling"scared of everything".And though Fiona insisted she still intends to do everything she once did in her professional career, it's almost as if her body and brain are unwilling to cooperate. Even when her 21-year-old son, Nathaniel Frizell, returns home from the army at the weekends, the Canterbury-born media personality expressed how her brain is quickly filled with stress as she "worries" about the food she will cook for her offspring. Fiona has been married to This Morning producer Martin Frizell since 1997.Together, they share two children: Mackenzie, 19, and Nathanial, 21.Due to the severity of her health condition, the Canterbury-born media personality has stopped working entirely. "The fear takes over," she added."I hope to God this isn't the end of my career."Despite having had her driver's licence for more than 40 years, Fiona has also given up driving regularly and will only sit behind the wheel of a vehicle in urgent matters. The mother-of-two, who presented GMTV

FIONA Phillips has admitted she is too frightened to return to TV due to an ongoing battle with "brain fog". The former GMTV host, 61, has been suffering from the debilitating condition since entering the menopause. Fiona has admitted to The Mirror that she has "cried a thousand rivers" during the past few weeks and 'fears for her sanity'.

Fiona Phillips has said she regrets ever agreeing to being on Strictly Come Dancing.