Jonathan Ross has opened up about his daughter Betty's fibromyalgia diagnosis on Loose Women. The talk show host appeared on the ITV chat show and explained that “it’s been a tough couple of years for [Betty] in particular.”
The father of three shared that Betty, 30, is using an electric wheelchair and has struggled with depression as she battles her illness, reports the Daily Record. Jonathan, 62, said that his daughters condition is "slowly getting better" with the help of treatment as he spoke candidly about her struggles.
“She has fibromyalgia and she has chronic fatigue syndrome and POTS syndrome as well, which is where your heart rate shoots up," he said. Speaking to panellists Kaye Adams, Frankie Bridge, Dame Kelly Holmes and Denise Welch, he added: “We found a good… there's a thing called the Perrin treatment.
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"The guy who invented it, he came to talk to me about it and she looked it up online because she's a smart young woman, so she has to want to do the treatment.
Sharing some good news, he added: "I can't just say to her ‘try this, try that’ if she thinks it’s wrong in some way and if she’s not going to enter it one hundred percent, of course it's not worth doing. But we've been having that treatment going on and she's definitely showing some improvement.”
Betty's illness has affected the rest of the family too. Jonathan said: “She still can't walk very far. We got her an electric wheelchair in the summer, so we can at least go out and go for walks with the dogs and that's lifted her spirits a lot.
“Because that's the problem, if anyone out there who knows or who's got someone with a long-term illness, you know, it's the depression. Being stuck indoors and not being able to join in with things because even stairs are a challenge to her.
"So if we're going out we have to give her plenty of time to get ready, get downstairs and then have a rest before we go to the next step, you know. It does have an impact but the good news is she's definitely showing improvement and feeling better in herself. So we're relieved and we're happy with that.”
Kaye sympathised with Jonathan, and said: “As a parent you just want to fix your children, don't you?” He honestly admitted: “I’m terrible at that as well, even if my wife [Jane Goldman] tells me something's wrong in her day, I have to try and remind myself that sometimes I just need to listen.
"Because as soon as she tells me something, I go ‘Well, I'll phone this guy and I'll do this’ and she goes ‘Okay, I don’t… I'm not interested, I just wanted to tell you I had this bad day.’ So I really struggle and I have to remind myself that sometimes what she needs in a partner is someone to listen and share it. So it's a learning thing,” he added.
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