Jake Humphrey has revealed that losing his grandmother to suicide when he was a teenager changed his stance on mental health. The 44-year-old former BT Sport presenter was chatting to WalesOnline ahead of High Performance Live, a recording of the High Performance Podcast at the Wales Millennium Centre on Sunday, June 25.
In the podcast Jake, along with psychologist Professor Damien Hughes, explores how you can improve your mindset - something the former children’s TV star says he finds “easy” to open up about. “I've probably always been happy to share,” Jake said. “I’ve always been an emotional person.”
He added: “I came from a house where people were happy to share and happy to talk. I lost my grandma to suicide when I was only a teenager and I think that without knowing it, that was probably the moment where I realised what happens if you don't talk or don't tell people how you really feel. I guess I decided from that moment to never to be in that place where if I was feeling really bad, I wouldn't talk to anyone.” For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
