Editorial
BBC’s Deborah James has given her husband her ‘blessing’ for him to remarry but on one condition.
The podcast host, who has bowel cancer, told The Times that she has given Sebastien Bowen ‘strict instructions’ about moving on.
James told the publication: “I have given him strict instructions: I want him to move on.”
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Heartbreakingly, she went on to joke: “He’s a handsome man, I’m, like, ‘Don’t be taken for a ride, don’t marry a bimbo, find someone else who can make you laugh like we did’.”
The cancer activist has been married to Bowen for 13 years and in the past, James has acknowledged that they’ve had their fair share of difficulties.
Writing for The Sun, the 40-year-old revealed that her diagnosis made her realise that her marriage is ‘worth fighting for’.
Reportedly, she wrote: “Two kids, three house moves, ten job promotions, one career switch, many fab trips, countless raging arguments, beautiful memories, family illness, one dog, and cancer – and we are still standing.
“It’s taken two years of separation, nearly divorcing, hideous Tinder experiences, lots of marriage counselling, a hell of a lot of effort on both sides, and cancer to make us both realise no marriage is perfect. We’ve come to realise what we have really is worth fighting for.”
She added: “When cancer enters the equation everything is thrown up in the air. Two things happen.
“You ask yourself, ‘Is this relationship worth fighting for because life is so short?’
“And then you have to deal with figuring out a way to navigate playing the husband, wife, dad, mum, lover, carer and patient roles all in one. Cancer does and will bring people together.”
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