{"id":31471,"date":"2023-12-14T04:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T04:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moabcelticfestival.org\/?p=31471"},"modified":"2023-12-14T04:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T04:38:29","slug":"gethin-jones-candidly-discusses-his-mental-health-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moabcelticfestival.org\/celebrity\/gethin-jones-candidly-discusses-his-mental-health-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Gethin Jones candidly discusses his mental health battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Gethin Jones candidly discusses his battle with depression and having therapy sessions following split from ex-fianc\u00e9e Katherine Jenkins<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gethin Jones has candidly discussed navigating his personal mental health battles following his split from\u00a0fianc\u00e9e Katherine Jenkins.<\/p>\n<p>The television presenter, 45, was famously engaged to fellow Welsh star Katherine Jenkins before the couple separated in December 2011 following a five-year relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a new interview with the Mirror, Gethin opened up on going to therapy after realising he was depressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gethin said:\u00a0&#8216;I was engaged and then breaking up, afterwards, or even during that period, it was just awful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I remember doing BBC Radio 5Live and going into the toilet at 5.30am going, &#8220;All right. Come on. Just focus for the next three hours, and then you can go back to being sad again.&#8221; I definitely had a bad bout of depression during that time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/01\/78941981-12861983-image-a-45_1702517563513.jpg\" height=\"765\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gethin Jones has candidly discussed navigating his personal mental health battles following his split from fianc\u00e9e Katherine Jenkins<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/01\/78942019-12861983-image-a-34_1702517411583.jpg\" height=\"515\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The television presenter, 45, was famously engaged to fellow Welsh star Katherine Jenkins before the couple separated in December 2011 following a five-year relationship<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was waiting for a friend to tell me what to do and they can&#8217;t do that. It puts so much pressure on them&#8230; you need to figure it out yourself.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Gethin revealed he had counselling to try and navigate a way through how he was feeling: &#8216;I saw someone, I had therapy for a couple of years and I still do my homework on that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gethin was engaged to Katherine before the couple separated in December 2011 following a five-year relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in 2014, mezzo-soprano Katherine claimed it was Gethin who initiated their split, shortly before she embarked on a world tour.<\/p>\n<p>She: told Wales Online: &#8216;At the end of 2011 when Gethin and I broke up, the reality of it was that about two weeks later I had to go on a UK tour where every night I&#8217;m singing songs of heartbreak and every day just trying to find the energy to cope let alone going on stage and understand his reason for doing it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/01\/78942015-12861983-image-a-35_1702517416528.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a new interview, Gethin has opened up on going to therapy after realising he was depressed<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Meanwhile everybody else is under the impression it was my decision, my ambition, I wanted to take over the world. It was so far from the truth.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While Katherine has since married painter and filmmaker Andrew Levitas, with whom she raises two children, Gethin&#8217;s last known relationship was with German underwear model Katja Zwara.<\/p>\n<p>The couple separated in 2018 after a year of dating, with a source confirming to The Sun: &#8216;Gethin and Katja remain pals but things just didn&#8217;t quite work out in the end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They split last month and have gone their separate ways.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gethin also had a brief relationship with TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh before the couple amicably parted ways in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He recently fuelled romance rumours with First Dates star Cici Coleman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/01\/33488896-12861983-Previous_romance_Gethin_s_last_known_relationship_was_with_Germa-a-46_1702517658431.jpg\" height=\"921\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Previous romance:\u00a0Gethin&#8217;s last known relationship was with German underwear model Katja Zwara<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/01\/74264287-12861983-Blossoming_Gethin_Jones_fuelled_romance_rumours_this_week_as_he_-a-32_1702516688781.jpg\" height=\"809\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gethin Jones fuelled romance rumours this week as he was spotted out with First Dates star Cici Coleman<\/p>\n<p>The TV presenter and the actress, 36, lent their support to pal Frankie Bridge as they watched her perform in 2:22 A Ghost Story, in London&#8217;s West End on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>They then enjoyed drinks at the Apollo Theatre before heading to The Groucho Club to continue their evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Sun, an insider revealed: &#8216;They&#8217;ve grown close and have been spending time together.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The pair appeared happier than ever as they strolled through the streets of London side-by-side.<\/p>\n<p><span>For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12861983\/Gethin-Jones-candidly-discusses-mental-health-battle-therapy-sessions-following-split-fianc-e-Katherine-Jenkins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gethin Jones candidly discusses his battle with depression and having therapy sessions following split from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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