Paddy McGuinness has opened up about being diagnosed with clinical depression. The Top Gear presenter, 49, was speaking on the Monday Mile podcast and revealed that his ex-wife Christine was the one who first noticed that something was wrong.
Paddy, who is currently hosting Tempting Fortune on Channel 4, began: "You can be as low as low can be and it's the people around you that tell you. So Christine and a few of my family members would say stuff and ask if I was okay and I would think 'why are they always asking me that?'
“But obviously you can't see it yourself, it's in your head, it's not like you've got a limp where people can spot it and you can spot." For the latest TV and showbiz news sign up to our newsletter here.
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The former Take Me Out host continued: "I think there were certain days when I felt myself, because of the job I do which is a public facing job. I started resenting being in front of a crowd of people and making them laugh because I used to think 'it's alright for you lot but I'm going home feeling like this'.
"I've never been that much of a person losing my temper but I could feel myself in certain situations getting wound up quicker and I just thought that's not me. I wasn't going round throwing cups at the bloody wall and shouting but I could feel myself feeling angry straight away and I shouldn't be feeling that."
Paddy admitted that therapy "didn't work at all at first", after trying a number of different counsellors. He added: "I had given up at that point [but] it was only the place where I was going to get wind of what happened, and this doctor got in touch with me and as soon as I sat down with him I was like 'this is the one'.
"If you try therapy and that doesn't work for you, it doesn't mean that all therapy won't, just keep going until you find that one. It might take you bloody six times but it's worth it."
Paddy and ex-wife Christine split last year after 11 years of marriage. The couple have three children.
The presenter's new reality show Tempting Fortune sees 12 strangers trek across South Africa. The next episode airs on Channel 4 at 9pm on Sunday, April 2.
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