‘A Place within the Solar’ star Laura Hamilton has shared an replace on her blood dysfunction.
The 43-year-old property knowledgeable suffers from immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) – which might trigger extreme bleeding and bruising of the pores and skin because of low platelet ranges – and Laura has opened up about how she manages it when jetting off overseas to movie the hit Channel 4 actuality present that sees British {couples} resolve to maneuver overseas.
Laura says her “ITP may be very a lot underneath management” and does not have an effect on her filming the present.
Talking solely to BANG Showbiz on the ‘We Aren’t Children Anymore’ musical world premiere on the Savoy Theatre in London on Monday night time (28.04.25), she mentioned: “My ITP may be very a lot underneath management, and it flares if I get careworn, so by way of like can I journey, sure I can. I simply have to observe it.
“I’ve blood exams to see what my platelet ranges are like, they usually’re effective.”
The star has co-fronted the programme – alongside the likes of Jasmine Harman, Ben Hillman, Scarlette Douglas and the late Jonnie Irwin – since 2012, and he or she feels fortunate to have the ability to deliver happiness to individuals’s lives whereas having fun with her love for house-hunting, journey and other people.
Requested what her favorite factor is in regards to the programme, Laura mentioned: “I like individuals, I like property and I like journey, so it’s mixing all of my favorite issues collectively.
“It’s iconic, it’s aspirational, and it brings blue skies and sunshine, and positivity to individuals … The present’s doing effectively, it’s now on at 6pm within the night, so the rankings are flying, and it’s nearly as good as at all times.”
Jonnie – who additionally fronted BBC One’s countryside house-hunting present, ‘Escape to the Nation’ – died in February 2024 on the age of fifty after being identified with terminal lung most cancers in 2020.
He’s survived by his spouse Jessica Holmes, their three youngsters, Rex, six, and twins Rafa and Cormac, 4.
Paying tribute to her expensive buddy simply over a yr after his passing, Laura mentioned: “All of us miss him, and all I’ll say is Johnny is perpetually in our hearts and can at all times be part of the present.”
Requested what her favorite recollections are of him, the star added: “[He was a] cheeky chappie, and he’s at all times part of the present.”
