This Morning’s Cat Deeley has revealed her husband Patrick Kielty’s terrifying health scare.
The couple who first met when they co-hosted Fame Academy in 2002 have been married since 2012.
They have two children together, both of them boys: Miles Kielty, 8, and James Patrick Kielty, 6.
Cat spoke about shingles with Dr Sara Kayat and her co-host Ben Shephard on the morning show.
Dr Kayat revealed that one in three adults will get shingles in their lifetime.
While the trio discussed the symptoms of shingles, which can be difficult to identify, Cat revealed Patrick, 53, currently has the virus
Cat explained: “So, my husband’s got it, at the moment, and one of the things was…he didn’t know what the symptoms were. Or, he didn’t spot them. He actually thought he’d got fibreglass in his face.”
“Because he’d been shifting things at the house that’s under construction at the moment. And then, he thought he’d touched his face.”
“So, he’d got like this burning, tingling, stinging sensation, but that’s what he thought it was.”
Featuring: Cat Deeley, Patrick Kielty
Where: Los Angeles, California, United States
When: 15 Oct 2017
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Shingles manifests in a rash and can be caught by anyone who has previously had chicken pox, which lies dormant in the body.
At Cat’s request, Sara told viewers the symptoms of shingles. She said: “Firstly you tend to get this tingly, burning sensation.”
“You may also notice you’re feeling more fatigued – you’ve got a headache, you’re tired. You might even have a bit of a temperature.”
“A few days later you can start to develop a blotchy rash and then that develops into fluid-filled blisters, which start to crust over and scab away.”
Cat added: “They can be on the trunk of your body. [Patrick] has got them on his face, actually!”
In May, Cat made a shocking bedroom confession while she and Ben were discussing whether or not separate bedrooms are the key to a happy marriage.
She explained: “It’s one of those things that because of our schedule here [This Morning], from Monday to Thursday I sleep in the guest bedroom and the rest of the time I’m back. Because otherwise I get up at 5 am and I want to fall asleep earlier.”
