Naked Attraction star Anna Richardson 'in shock' at health diagnosis as she considers starting family
Naked Attraction star Anna Richardson has said that she was in shock after she received a recent health diagnosis and it was something she had to “come to terms” with.
The presenter, 53, spoke to Closer UK about her career and how things have changed for her in recent years in terms of her health and embracing her sexuality.
On the former, the host of the hit Channel 4 programme, said she experienced a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy and was told after tests in her 30s that she was infertile.
Anna told the publication: “It was a real shock. I came to terms with it, but then you go through the menopause and your periods stop, there’s this kind of realization that you can’t have kids anyway.
“There’s something sad about the end of the journey, but just because you haven’t had your biological children, it doesn’t mean you can’t be a mother.”
Anna added that she was still “exploring” what she wanted her family to look like. She explained: “You can create your family in any way you wish to, whether it’s a blended family, adopting or fostering. I’m still exploring what I want that to look like.”
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Anna went on to explain how she felt middle-aged women were “overlooked” and declared that she would “not be overlooked”. She added: “This is also the age when women are exploring their sexuality more, whether that’s being bisexual, a lesbian or dating a guy again.”
Anna’s comments come ahead of the airing of a documentary about dementia to which contributed in which she shares her experience of how dementia has affected her family. Anna’s father Jim has vascular dementia.
While the programme is due to air next month, this isn’t the first time Anna has highlighted the condition. In 2021, she told The Sun about her fears of developing the condition later in life.
She said: “I really do fear not being cognitively capable. I see it in my Dad and I see it in my parent’s friends. I just think, ‘There by the grace of God’.”
The documentary, titled Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia, is set to air on Wednesday October 2 at 10pm on Channel 4.