John Torode’s wife Lisa Faulkner lost her mum at a young age, and confessed it made her worry about her own death

Lisa Faulkner made a devastating end of life confession (Image: Getty)

Lisa Faulkner has made a devastating end of life admission after the tragic loss of her mum. The TV chef, who is married to John Torode, lost her mum when she was only 16, and her mum was 44 years old. She died from throat cancer – and inspired Lisa to keep a close eye on her own health as she was terrified she also wouldn’t make it to 45.

Speaking to The Mirror in 2016, Lisa admitted: “Honestly, getting to that milestone was a massive one for me. I had to get past it in my head. I didn’t know what my mum would look like after 44. So I couldn’t ever see me getting to that age. To still be here is mind-blowing to me.”

She added: “I now want to see past it and I’m so happy with my life. I take every day at a time and just think I’m so lucky – especially with how short my mum’s life was.”

Lisa admitted at the time that she hadn’t done “half the things” she wanted to, and said her mum is still a “massive” influence on her – and “may as well be still standing next to me”.

Lisa said she ended up suffering from hypochondria after her loss and grew up “always thinking the worst”. For that reason, she’s avoided having Botox or other injectables.

The Holby City actress has been candid about her health struggles over the years, and said undergoing three rounds of IVF and going through an ectopic pregnancy was a “very dark time” and “so lonely”.

Before marrying John Torode, Lisa welcomed an adopted daughter with her ex Chris Coghill (Image: Getty)

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She told Good Housekeeping: “Those years were a very dark time. One minute I wasn’t that bothered about kids, apart from my nieces, and then something happened overnight and I wanted a baby so badly.

“When I had IVF, it was with an amazing doctor with whom nine out of 10 patients got pregnant – and I was the one in 10 who didn’t. I thought ‘Why me?’ It was exhausting.”

Lisa eventually went on to adopt her daughter, Billie Cogill, with her ex, Emmerdale star Chris Coghill. She admitted: “My daughter is my world, but adopting is a completely different ballgame in every way to conceiving a child.

“Even armed with every bit of knowledge you can find, it’s not easy, because you’re dealing with a child with trauma. It’s a trauma that will never, ever be healed, and my job is to be there to help make it better in every way I can. I’ve had to do a lot of work on myself. It’s an ongoing process, it doesn’t stop.”

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