BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst shares ‘cherished’ pictures of her dad and kids before his dementia diagnosis
BBC Breakfast host Nina Warhurst has taken to social media to share a heartfelt message about her father.
Nina, 41, has spoken very openly about her father’s diagnosis with dementia and fans of the show and of Nina have really appreciated her spotlighting the disease and helping to create a space to talk about it.
The morning breakfast presenter posted a series of black and white images to her Instagram yesterday to highlight a milestone.
Her caption read: “Phone reminded me it’s 3 years today since the Covid bubbles came in – allowing people living alone to join another household.
“I remember this day so clearly! Dad coming for tea, me crying, him remembering quite quickly that tiny kids are actually quite annoying and stealthily sliding out at bath time [laughing emoji].”
She continued: “As lockdown went on, we didn’t realise it was dementia, rather than isolation, impacting his confidence and capacity to make decisions, and that he’d never really recover.”
The images show her father smiling as he held his grandchildren and tucked them into bed.
She ended her post: “We had some very special lockdown times, though. Just us. Our bubble. I’ll cherish them.”
Nina’s father, Chris, was diagnosed with dementia last year, and the host has been open about the good days and the bad days.
She regularly shares snaps of the two of them out and about on one of their coffee mornings and also speaks out when the times get tough, and he can’t quite place her in his memory.
The soon-to-be mum of three’s post has received an outpouring of love and support from those going through a similar thing with one of their loved ones.
Fans commented on how precious memories were and that her post was “lovely” as they thanked her for sharing.
BBC Breakfast airs weekdays from 6am on BBC One.