Jane McDonald addresses decision to take break from touring

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The singer and television presenter reflected on taking an extended break as she chatted to Kaye Adams on her podcast, How To Be 60. Jane McDonald said she didn’t “want to be miserable” because her late fiance would have “hated it”. Eddie died in June 2021 after being diagnosed with lung cancer and had been engaged to Jane at the time of his death.

“My life has changed a lot. But by God, I’m gonna enjoy every minute of it now,” the 59-year-old told the Loose Women star.

“Because that’s what we’re supposed to do. I don’t want to be sad, I don’t want to be miserable.

“And Ed would have hated if I was, and my mother definitely would have hated it.

“So if there is this something out there, where they are watching us, I want them to think I’m okay. I’m okay. And that’s because of you.”

The 59-year-old recalled her emotional appearance on ITV chat show Loose Women and reflected on how far she has come since.

“I’m a lot better than when I was on Loose Women,” she told Kaye.

“I can talk about him now and just feel great that I had that amazing time with him.

“And it’s funny, we should talk about retiring because he retired at 59.

“And said, I promise you when you get to this age, you’ll see a difference. And I have. So we had lots of plans.

“And I think that’s part of grief as well is that you go through the normal grief and the terrible, terrible time and then you grieve the life that you thought you were gonna have.

“So when he died, he took our future. So I think that is, I’ve got to have a different life now.

“And that’s taken a bit of adjusting to, but I’ll get there. Because that’s what do, we get there.”

Jane has made a decision to take a break from touring as she begins to slow down in her later years.

Talking about getting older, she said: “I’m looking forward to it because I can slow down. I’ve achieved so many things in my life already, that I never thought I would.

“And I’ve got a really great circle of friends. So it’s time now to have a bit of fun.

“And I’ve not really had much fun, because I’ve worked constantly, constantly for as long as I can remember.

“And I’m not touring next year or the year after. So you’ve got an exclusive there because they only think I’m only doing one year, but I’m now doing two.

“Because I want to have a bit of downtime, I’ll still be doing all the TV shows.

“And that’s great. You know, I love that. But the touring I found now is harder than it used to be.

“And, and I’m thinking well, ‘Why? Why are you doing it? Just have a bit of a break and see how you feel.'”

Kaye Adams: How to be 60 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.

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