Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s spouse criticised him for “displaying off” and “taking [things] too far” after he instructed her about coming near demise doing Celeb Bear Hunt.
The 60-year-old inside designer “could not breathe and began passing out” when he was trapped underwater for a number of minutes after he bought entangled in a bungee rope earlier than Bear Grylls – who hosted the now-shelved Netflix Costa Rica-based survival present with Holly Willoughby, 44 – resuscitated him on the shore in 2024.
He video known as his partner, Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen, and initially performed down how severe the incident was earlier than the pair shed tears after realising how near demise Laurence got here.
Jackie instructed the brand new subject of Britain’s HELLO! journal: “He was on video cellphone, and he was making fairly mild of it to start with; then he was in tears.
“I used to be telling him off, saying, ‘That is typical you, displaying off, taking it too far.’ I could have shed a number of tears.
“Whenever you undergo one thing like that, it is virtually like PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder], and the pondering again might be extra upsetting than going by way of it within the first place.
“Laurence has performed an terrible lot of extremely courageous issues in his life, and only a few issues ever faze him.
“He was filming in a hot-air balloon in Spain when it crashed right into a pine forest.
“Then he was in a microlight in Northern Eire that I refused to go in, the place the engine stored chopping out, and he is been on these terrible rides in Las Vegas that throw you out on high of a high-rise constructing. He is fearless.
“However of all the weather that Laurence actually has by no means favored, water can be the one.
“He does not like being within the sea; he does not like being out of his depth.”
Jackie – who bought married to the Altering Rooms star in 1989 – initially didn’t wish to watch the episode of Celeb Bear Hunt that featured Laurence’s near-death expertise, however she ended up seeing it.
She defined: “I actually did not assume I wished to observe the episode when it was on, since you assume you may be haunted by that picture.
“However I did watch it, and I assumed, ‘Phew, that was fortunate – that was one in every of his 9 lives.'”
And Jackie is adamant that Laurence won’t participate in any extra actuality TV reveals, just like Celeb Bear Hunt.
She mentioned: “I do not need him doing something like that once more.
“And , you actually needn’t, since you’re Grandpa Pig as of late.”
Recalling being trapped below the water and telling Jackie in regards to the ordeal, Laurence – who has daughters Cecile and Hermione, and 4 grandchildren, Albion, Demelza, Romily and Eleanora – mentioned: “It was a detailed shave, and I had a giant response to the adrenaline afterwards.
“It was a really horrifying scenario – I could not breathe and began passing out – and in some ways, it was extra horrifying in hindsight.
“I used to be very emotional telling Jackie what had occurred.
“In my head I used to be James Bond, however the unhappy reality is that I am really extra like Grandpa Pig.”
