‘My loss was a baby who never made it to earth’: Amanda Holden reveals she found a ‘spiritual way’ to deal with loss of stillborn son Theo as she says ‘you never forget but you move forward’
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Amanda Holden discussed losing her son Theo at seven months in 2011 after he was stillborn.
The singer, 49, appeared on Loose Women on Thursday and she bravely discussed how she had tried to come to terms with her loss.
Amanda was asked by Kaye Adams what advice she would give to people in a similar situation to her.
‘My loss was a baby who never made it to earth’: Amanda Holden told Loose Women on Thursday she found a ‘spiritual way’ to deal with loss of stillborn son Theo’ in 2011 (stock image)
She said: ‘It’s so difficult because everyone reacts in different ways – because my loss was a baby that never made it to earth I had to find a spiritual way around it.’
‘I had to create a scenario in my head my baby chose me in my head but he was never meant to come down.
She continued: ‘I was blessed with my daughter Holly who came soon after.
‘It’s a cliche but you can only take one day at a time – it’s what you can learn from it, gather everyone around you. I hung on very tight to Chris [husband] and my family.’
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She said: ‘It’s a cliche but you can only take one day at a time – it’s what you can learn from it, gather everyone around you. I hung on very tight to Chris [husband] and my family’
Amanda married Chris Hughes in 2008 and they are also parents to daughters Alexa, 14, and Hollie, eight.
She said her single With You, reminds her of Theo and the loss.
Amanda said of the song: ‘It’s from Ghost The Musical it’s about grief and loss.
‘It’s one of my favourite ever songs and my husband Chris said: “The last two lines of the song remind me of how I felt when we lost Theo”.’
She added: ‘I’m very vocal about how I feel. He never really showed his emotions and wanted to be a tower of strength. So when he said it, it knocked me for six.
Amanda said that she deals with things the best way she can, saying: ‘You never forget but you gradually move forward.’
She said: ‘And she added: ‘Me and Chris are like the plus and minus in a battery, we wouldn’t work without each other’
And she added: ‘Me and Chris are like the plus and minus in a battery, we wouldn’t work without each other.
‘We’re very different people and for us our relationship works because of that. Chris is a lot more considered and I’m lot more out there.
‘If you arrive at my house I’m like a dog and will like you while Chris will stand behind.’
The couple sought therapy after losing their baby and Amanda said: ‘For me I wanted to take Chris because we were using each other too much for our sorrow and grief.
‘We had our tools, but we needed another voice and it worked brilliantly.
‘Chris came and immediately felt a lot better and never came back and I went for a few more sessions and I found the tools to help myself and Chris.
‘But it definitely helped me to talk about what we’ve been through.’