A FIRST Dates prima yanked her wig disconnected during her day arsenic she opened up connected her heartbreaking wellness battle.
In scenes acceptable to aerial during Friday night's instalment of the deed Channel 4 show, viewers volition beryllium introduced to catalogue purchaser Jo.
The 43-year-old suffers from Alopecia, with the information leaving her bald, forcing her to deterioration a wig.
Jo told the amusement however she hadn't been chatted up successful years but was acceptable to beryllium “feral but not excessively feral”.
She's paired by bosses with pub landlord Sam, 36, and the brace deed it off, chatting astir Facebook and the TV show Friends.
During the date, Jo cautiously told Sam: "I mislaid my hairsbreadth 5 years agone Alopecia.
"It each fell retired successful similar 2 weeks."
As Sam enquired more, she continued: "I thought I was dying, archetypal of all, and the doc was similar 'no you're not dying' and they benignant of spell 'bye disconnected you go'."
Jo added: "Because it's not life-threatening you're conscionable benignant of near to woody with it."
The catalogue purchaser past takes the highly brave measurement of taking disconnected her wig for Sam.
It remains to beryllium seen what happens next, and if there's a spark betwixt the pair.
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Speaking distant from her date, Jo said however she feels 'like a mole' erstwhile her wig is disconnected and she's not wearing makeup.
She explained: "When I don't person my hairsbreadth connected and erstwhile I don't person immoderate constitution on, I consciousness similar moleish.
"That's erstwhile the flashes of insecurity volition inactive popular up. You're bare to the constituent wherever everything's erased, your features conscionable disappear."
First Dates airs contiguous astatine 10pm connected Channel 4 and online.
First Dates cast
Fred Sirieix
Fred is the charismatic French maître d'hôtel who hosts First Dates. He has a affluent inheritance successful the hospitality industry, with implicit 30 years of experience. Fred has been portion of the world amusement since 2015 and his charming property helps to enactment punters going connected the dates astatine ease.
Merlin Griffiths
Merlin is the bartender connected First Dates. His affable beingness and adept mixology skills lend to the show's lukewarm atmosphere. Born and raised successful the United Kingdom, Merlin was successful the barroom manufacture for implicit 2 decades earlier offering his services to the Channel 4 series. Outside of First Dates, Merlin besides owns and operates his ain bar.
Cici Coleman
Cici is the show's outgoing waitress. She trained arsenic an histrion earlier joining the formed of First Dates, which lends theatrical flair to her role. Her quality to marque guests consciousness astatine ease, coupled with her genuine involvement successful their stories, has endeared her to viewers. Outside of her enactment connected First Dates, Cici continues to prosecute her passionateness for acting and fitness, often sharing insights into her beingness and vocation connected societal media.