BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood 'devastated' as she opens up on split from husband
ok.co.ukCarol Kirkwood has spoken honestly about her challenging first marriage break-up from Jimmy Kirkwood. During a chat on Kaye Adam's podcast 'How to Be 60', the BBC Breakfast weather presenter was asked to share about the most difficult year in her life thus far.
In response she said: "Probably the year I got divorced, I didn't expect that to happen and it was shocking. It was pretty devastating at the time, but it led to better things after that." She added, "I think that was probably the hardest year, that or when my dad died.
I was very close to my dad and he died when I was quite young and he was the apple of my eye so either of these two. For different reasons." Known to be private about her personal life, Carol wedded Jimmy Kirkwood, a well-known Irish cricket player, when she was only 28 and embarking her career at BBC.The reason behind their split remains undisclosed.
During the interview, Carol opened up more about her journey post-divorce. She confessed: "It was a transition between being married and being divorced and suddenly being on your own." While confessing her early marriage, Carol revealed to Kaye how her relationship with Jimmy involved shared responsibilities around their home.
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