This Morning fans were left ‘appalled’ on Wednesday as co-hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield interviewed two children of the infamous fertility doctor Donald Cline. The latest true crime offering from Netflix, Our Father, gives viewers an insight into the gruesome story of a once-respected fertility doctor who is believed to have artificially inseminated over 50 women with his own sperm during the 1970s and 80s.
At the time the Netflix show was released, there are 94 children who are known to have been fathered by Cline. Hosts Holly and Phillip interviewed two siblings Jason Hyatt and Jacoba Ballard remotely in the US on Wednesday as they detailed their mental health struggles after the discovery, the Mirror reports.
Holly said: “There’s so much going on for you. But I guess there are other things to consider here as well. Once you realise there are lots and lots of siblings all in a 25-mile radius, then I guess there’s the risk as well of inadvertently meeting a sibling, having a relationship with a sibling. Even now, 94 and counting, that list isn’t over. This still could possibly happen. Is that a very real thought?”
