Inside Stephen Mulhern’s personal life after sudden exit from ITV show

Stephen Mulhern has abruptly been replaced arsenic the big of an ITV programme successful the midst of his father’s death.

The presenter, 47, began his vocation astatine CITV, going connected to beforehand Britain’s Got More Talent, Catchphrase, Deal oregon No Deal and Dancing connected Ice.

Although he’d been set to big The Big Soap Quiz again this year, Stephen, who has kept his idiosyncratic beingness backstage implicit the years, had to propulsion retired owed to the caller decease of his dad.

His begetter Christopher’s decease was revealed this week aft it was reported the presenter had collapsed portion retired for dinner and was taken to hospital, the latest conflict successful a bid of wellness issues Stephen has faced.

Interest besides grew successful the Dancing On Ice presenter’s emotion beingness this twelvemonth aft helium was spotted holding hands with his ITV co-star Josie Gibson, 38, portion filming Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.

This Morning prima Josie, who is bully friends with Stephen, 47, aboriginal told the Mail Online: ‘I’m successful emotion with Stephen Mulhern. There you go. But communicative of my life, I don’t deliberation helium loves me.’ 

She aboriginal set the grounds consecutive implicit the rumoured dalliance, portion Stephen spoke further astir the concern connected This Morning connected Tuesday May 7, stating: ‘Listen she didn’t crook up to rehearsals and I held her manus and I showed her wherever to stand. That is it.’

He is presently thought to beryllium azygous and his past known narration ended much than a decennary ago.

Here is everything you request to cognize astir the Catchphrase host’s narration status, exes, wellness issues, and family.

Who is Stephen Mulhern dating?

Stephen keeps his romanticist beingness incredibly private, truthful it is chartless whether oregon not helium is presently azygous oregon successful a relationship.

The TV prima has antecedently spoken astir 1 of his relationships publicly, which was with soap prima Emma Barton.

Stephen met Emma, who is champion known for portraying Honey Mitchell successful EastEnders, successful 2008 aft they met starring successful a pantomime show of Snow White.

The brace began dating successful the aforesaid twelvemonth earlier calling clip connected their narration successful 2011.

Asked by galore publications wherefore they had split, Stephen would lone reply by saying that the narration ‘came to a earthy end.’

Since their split, Emma has gone connected to day instrumentalist Jason Perry who is champion known arsenic the vocalist for alternate stone set A.

In 2022, Stephen was reported arsenic saying that helium hadn’t been connected a day successful 4 years.

He told Celebs Now, via Entertainment Daily: ‘Last clip I went connected a day was astir 4 years ago.

‘That makes maine dependable truly sad! I request a life.’

He past admitted that helium ‘needed to halt moving truthful much’.

Who are Stephen Mulhern’s parents?

Stephen was calved successful 1977 successful Stratford, London, to marketplace traders Christopher and Maureen Mulhern.

He has antecedently credited his emotion of performing to his parents, arsenic his household frequented Butlin’s Minehead successful Somerset erstwhile helium was a kid wherever helium archetypal began performing successful public.

He is 1 of 4 children, including brothers Christopher and Vinny arsenic good arsenic his sister Susie.

Speaking to The Mirror successful 2020, Stephen said of his parents: ‘I don’t mean to dependable soppy, but they worked truthful incredibly hard to bring up maine and my 2 brothers and sister.’

Why was Stephen Mulhern taken to hospital?

Earlier this week, an ambulance was called by acrophobic unit erstwhile Stephen collapsed portion eating astatine Pizza Express.

After helium fell unwell and helium was taken by paramedics to adjacent Frimley Park infirmary successful Camberley, Surrey on Wednesday astatine 8pm.

A connection to Metro read: ‘Stephen has had an incredibly pugnacious clip implicit the past fewer weeks. His beloved begetter precocious passed distant which has deed him hard and has been understandably precise stressful.

‘In summation helium had a process which took spot yesterday (Wednesday). Following the anaesthetic that was administered, helium had a fewer drinks which made him unwell and helium was taken successful to infirmary arsenic a precaution.

‘He is present backmost location recovering.’

A root further told The Sun: ‘He took himself disconnected for a quiet, solo meal that evening, had a few drinks and conscionable reacted incredibly badly. He’s lone human, and his dad’s decease has deed him hard.’

While it’s not wide what information necessitated Stephen getting a procedure, his wellness issues began successful 2022 erstwhile helium underwent a infirmary process and remained distant from immoderate enactment duties for a time.

He told fans astatine the time: ‘Hello all, Sorry I’ve been quiescent connected present precocious and convey you for each your beauteous messages. I’ve had immoderate clip disconnected and been resting up connected doctors orders.

‘I’m connected the mend, I’m blessed to say, and looking guardant to getting backmost to enactment soon. In the meantime, I’ll enactment my feet up and ticker Saturday Night Takeaway contiguous with the remainder of you lot.’

This nonfiction was primitively published connected April 16, 2024.

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