Gemma Atkinson shares emotional reason four-year-old daughter thinks her Grandad is 'in the moon' with the Queen
20.10.2023 - 14:19
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Gemma Atkinson has shared why her young daughter thinks her dad is 'in the moon' as she opened up about grief. The Hits Radio host released the latest episode of her podcast, The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson, and it was all about suffering loss which she is very familiar with.
Bury-born Gemma has previously shared how David tragically died in 2002 when she was 17 years old. She told how her dad's colleague found him hunched over his desk, struggling to breathe or move, as he was having a heart attack. Within a few days, they were told her dad was OK and put it down to stress and told him to slow down.
But tragically, as the family prepared for him to come, the hospital called and said David had a massive heart attack in his sleep and passed away. Sharing a video clip from the recording of her podcast on grief, Gemma was heard speaking about her grandmother's reaction to the heartbreaking death of her son.
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"My Grandma was still alive when my dad passed and I remember she said to me, 'No parent should bury their child'. She was likee, 'Its the complete wrong order'. And my grandma, she was Scottish, a very stubborn Scottish lady and again, I never saw her cry over my dad. Even at the funeral, she didn't cry.
"Me and my sister drive round to tell her that my dad had passed and she just sat down and she said, 'Ok, I'll get my coat. We'll go to the hospital'. And I was like, 'No, Grandma. It's fine. Just sit a minute'. And she was like, 'No, come on, we've things to do'. And my sister said, 'Grandma, you've not cried once over