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Amanda Abbington's fiancé gave her a 'way out' after he was paralysed for life in TV stunt
Recalling the traumatic moment on the pair's joint episode of Loose Women, Jonathan explained he'd loved her enough not to want to hold her back or put her through further pain, after he was transformed into an "adult baby" who could no longer walk.However, Sherlock star Amanda responded that she was undeterred, telling him: "The only thing we need to talk about is when we get married."The couple had enjoyed a slow-burning relationship for years before they first crossed paths in person, having met on Twitter originally in 2012.Amanda's son had loved watching Jonathan's stunts on TV, including one which saw him suspended over London's River Thames while attached to a blazing rope.He'd also been "buried alive" for one very memorable performance on Britain's Got Talent back in 2019, a stunt so impressive that it earnt him a place in the finals.Meanwhile, on The Jonathan Ross Show, he'd had laid on a single nail, while a breezeblock was smashed off his chest with a sledgehammer.It had seemed as if the star, who also had a penchant for free-climbing up perilously high skyscrapers, was almost invincible - and Amanda was transfixed by the escapologist's exploits.After almost a decade of online exchanges and telephone calls, the pair finally met for the first time in 2021 - almost a decade after their first chat - and impulsive Jonathan had proposed to her within minutes.When she discovered soon afterwards that he had suffered an almost fatal injury, she was dumbfounded - but her love for him hadn't changed.Reliving his suffering on the Valentine's Day special of Loose Women, Jonathan took up the story to explain: "I should have died on the operating table."Declaring himself "incredibly lucky" to still be alive, he recalled how