Miranda Hart admits worried husband finds her 'weeping pretty much every day'

Miranda Hart admits her worried husband Richard Fairs would regularly find her “having a weep” at the kitchen table.

The 52-year-old television star says she finds herself tearing up “pretty much every day”. And while husband Richard was initially concerned for Miranda, he has become accustomed to her crying.

This is because Miranda says she is a “highly sensitive person,” someone who experiences life more intensely than others. According to Psychology Today, around 10 and 15 percent of people are thought to be “highly sensitive”.

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Miranda says it was a personality trait she believes she shares with her father, Naval officer David Hart Dyke. She however admits her personality is something her mother, Diana Luce, struggled to understand.

Speaking on the Therapy Works podcast, Miranda said: “I have a weep pretty much everyday, certainly every other day, usually a weep of joy but sometimes my husband will find me just sitting at the kitchen table and he’s got used to it now. Normally he would rush like ‘oh my god, are you alright?’ but I’m just letting something go, I’m absolutely fine, it’ll be over in five minutes.

“Now he just comes in ‘hello’ and the tears are pouring down. He doesn’t bat an eyelid. But my mother never understood that.”

The comedian is best known for her eponymous BBC show Miranda. Although she has appeared in a string of hit TV shows including Call The Midwife, Not Going Out, Smack the Pony, The Vicar of Dibley and Absolutely Fabulous.

Miranda and Richard married in secret in 2023, three years after their romance began. However, the star announced the marriage in her book I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You.

Speaking on The One Show, she said: “I'm married, I got married at 51 and it's just so lovely. I'd written Gary for onscreen Miranda and it wasn't until I was 49 that I met my person. He's my best friend, we had the best fun and I'm just thrilled to be a young bride at 51."

Miranda will be appearing on Michael McIntyre's Big Show on BBC One at 6.50pm tonight. She will appear alongside darts superstar Luke Littler and M People singer Heather Small.