Jonathan Ross' daughter Honey's 'life-saving' health diagnosis after struggling since age 14

Jonathan Ross' daughter Honey Ross has always spoken candidly about her mental health, and shared details of how having ADHD impacts her life. Honey, who was only diagnosed in 2022, spoke on the Is It My ADHD? podcast about how she has always struggled with anxiety and depression.

Honey revealed she has been in therapy since she was 14, but it was only when her godmother was diagnosed with ADHD that she realised she might also have the condition. "I've also been super hyperactive, can't sit down, always fidgeting and I thought that was because I was anxious, and it wasn't until my god mum got diagnosed with [ADHD] and things were clicking into place," Honey said.

Speaking of her coping mechanisms, Honey explained that she used to spend a lot of time in bathrooms at parties and at school, breathing and reassuring herself she'd be okay, before receiving her diagnosis which she called "life-saving." The 25-year-old spoke of the compassion she can extend to herself now she's been diagnosed, sharing that she used to be "inconsolable at parties," due to her ADHD.

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On how she copes at social events now, Honey said: "If a feeling kicks in, I go home, I'm not afraid to leave the party early." Stepping away from social media has helped Honey too.

"I deleted Instagram, I'm too scared to download TikTok, I know it will ruin my life," she said. "I'd get locked into the scroll, and it was so disturbing and depressing. It was terrifying. The world is so beautiful, I don’t need something manufactured."

Honey, a body positive activist, once spoke out about the negative experience she had after losing two stone. She said: “I was welcomed into a whole world of objectification and pretty privilege. Losing weight and seeing the way men suddenly noticed me made me feel that I didn’t want anything to do with this patriarchal diet culture b*******. I’m a nice person, most people are, and I don’t want to feel that I need to change myself to exist. I should be able to exist as I am and that be enough.”