James Martin reveals hidden health battle which 'severely' affects his job

TV chef, James Martin, is 1 of the astir fashionable faces connected TV, nevertheless he's admitted there's a portion of the occupation helium finds 'really hard work' arsenic helium opened up astir his health

James Martin has admitted helium secretly struggles with his ITV occupation owed to a hidden wellness battle.

The personage chef, 52, is 1 of the astir fashionable faces connected television, with shows including Saturday Kitchen and his existent programme, James Martin's Saturday Morning connected his CV.

However, what viewers whitethorn not realise is that James is "severely dyslexic", meaning helium has occupation speechmaking an autocue, making presenting "really difficult".

Opening up astir his health, helium told Lose Women's Kaye Adams connected her BBC Radio Scotland show, that his occupation isn't arsenic casual arsenic it looks. After being praised by Kaye, who told James she was "fascinated" by his quality to navigator and entertain his personage guests astatine the aforesaid time, the cook said: "Weirdly I tin navigator and speech astatine the aforesaid time, but presenting I inactive find truly difficult. I'm severely dyslexic, truthful speechmaking thing disconnected an autocue is truly hard work, truthful if I'm allowed to navigator and chat that's wherever I consciousness astatine home."

Praising the Scottish presenter, helium added: "I'm watching you bash your happening portion I'm listening to euphony play and you're similar a conductor. I can't bash what you bash and I surely can't erstwhile I've been connected Loose Women with you arsenic well. I surely respect anyone who's capable to bash that."

James has antecedently spoken of his dyslexia, revealing it didn't get diagnosed until helium was 30 aft helium struggled for galore years. On his amusement earlier this year, helium revealed the concealed mode helium overcame his struggles portion filming the cooking programme.

Speaking to newsreader Lucrezia Millarini, helium said: "Well, similar you bash the reading, I'm severely dyslexic. I person this astonishing pistillate called Sam, Sam [on the] autocue, who puts worldly connected bigger benignant for maine truthful that I tin decently work it."

It comes aft James gave an update connected his crab diagnosis during an quality connected Lorraine earlier this year. The TV cook has antecedently had country to region facial crab aft his archetypal diagnosis successful 2018.

When asked if helium was feeling bully by Lorraine connected the amusement successful April, the cook replied: "Yes, the stitches person fallen out, arsenic you know, the past clip I was on, I was successful the mediate of operations. As we speak, the stitches person fallen retired of my assemblage astatine the infinitesimal and that's each clear, onwards and upwards!"

James was archetypal diagnosed with crab successful 2017, opening up to fans astir his idiosyncratic travel successful June past year, and has since had to acquisition regular treatments. Last November, the Malton-born prima revealed that he'd been "going done a batch of s**t with cancer", but would beryllium "getting it sorted" astatine the extremity of December.

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