Paul Young opens up about life after losing his wife to brain cancer
Appearing on Loose Women this afternoon (25 March), music legend Paul Young opened up about the effect losing his wife has had on his life.
The Love of the Common People singer tragically lost his wife of 31 years, former model Stacey Smith, to brain cancer last year.
Asked by the Loose Women panel – Andrea McLean, Coleen Nolan, Denise Welch and Jane Moore – how he was coping, the musician replied: 'Good. We are all a close knit family, we see each other on a regular basis.'
With the 63-year-old preparing to go back on tour, the Loose Women panel were keen to know if keeping busy helped with the grief of losing his beloved wife.
Paul revealed: 'I think so, I think it’s a good thing. Sometimes I thought it might be putting it off a bit...Sometimes you get home and it feels a bit empty, but then you get used to it again.'
Stacey lose her battle with brain cancer in January last year at the age of 52, and even when she was ill always wanted the singer to carry on working.
'She was always very up for me working and keeping busy...I just kept going,' Paul explained. 'She realised the importance of it, so I just kept going through most of that.'
During her health battles Paul revealed that Stacey gave up sugar, revealing that he too cut down in order to support her.
'We did it for solidarity when Stacey had to,' he told the panel. 'I don’t believe [sugar] starts cancer but it aggravate...'
'[Sugar has] crept back in [to my diet] but I don’t have a lot of sugar...The family eat well and we don’t gorge on the wrong things.'
Grief is something we all deal with in our own way, with TV and radio presenter, Emily Dean turning to a furry friend when she lost her sister, mother and father in the space of three years.
Having also lost his wife to cancer, former England footballer Rio Ferdinand has spoken about his personal struggle with grieving and speaking to his two children about emotions, but admitted that talking does help.
If you know a friend or relative one who is battling grief, particularly with the death of their partner, Age UK has compiled a list of practical ways to help them cope with the death of their loved one.
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