Jill Halfpenny spoke movingly about the death of her partner Matt Janes on This Morning today (June 20).
Matt died suddenly of a heart attack back in 2017. He was aged just 43. Sadly, the star’s father Colin died in a similar way back in 1979, when Jill was aged four.
The first-ever Strictly winner has now written a book to help others facing similar heartbreak. And it seems she has the support of a new man in her life, too, with Jill recently revealing she’s found love for the first time since Matt’s death.
Jill Halfpenny tells Ben and Cat of her grief for partner Matt
Speaking to This Morning hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, Jill explained that it was “awful” when Matt died and brought back feelings of grief for her dad that she hadn’t dealt with.
However, she shared that Matt’s death triggered her to confront her childhood grief while she was “cracked open and raw”.
She said: “I just thought, okay, this is awful but this is my choice now. I’m cracked open and raw. Let’s go and do all the work I hadn’
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