He said that since he shared online that his wife Gemma died aged 40 last year, he has received messages from people around the world with most telling him to ‘be strong.’
However, the former Blue Peter host said in a blog post that he was “anything but strong” and it helped him to acknowledge that.
He explained: “A wonderful Christian man called Pete Grieg posted this on social media yesterday and I was really struck by it, because in every way it speaks powerfully to me where I’m at now – ‘When life is tough they tell you to be strong.
Don’t be strong. Be weak. Unclench your fists. Dare to vulnerable. Honest weakness takes courage. It affirms our common humanity, deepens friendship and elicits grace’.
“This is me.”
The 44-year-old’s wife Gemma died last November just three days after she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.
Today’s #snacknote to my boy. Maybe one day I should turn them all into a book to encourage others and raise some money for @bloodwise_uk #lightinthedarkness pic.twitter.com/AwvJk27SoC
— Simon Thomas (@SimonThomasSky) January 25, 2018
He has since shared his struggles with grief and supporting their eight-year-old son Ethan.
Commenting on why he chose to share his struggles online, he said: When I sent out that tweet the day after Gemma died on 24th November, I did it for nothing more then this simple reason – I just wanted people to know.
“I didn’t do it for attention, I…
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