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Jonathan Ross has spent decades in showbusiness, hosting talk shows on the BBC and ITV over the years.
While he doesn’t keep his family life under wraps, he is fiercely protective of them, and has spoken out on numerous occasions about his pride and adoration of his loved ones. The TV and radio host is married to screenwriter Jane Goldman, 51, and the couple tied the knot when she was just 18.
They first met when Jane was working as a junior showbiz journalist, and Jonthan admitted he was more of a father figure to her when they began dating, as he was more than 10 years her senior. “When we first got together, she was very young… I wasn't that old but I was considerably older and she came straight from home with her parents,” he said on Loose Women in 2015. “And I think the relationship carried on, I was sort of a parent figure as well as a husband.”
Jonathan and Jane married when she was just 18 (Getty Images)
The couple are proud parents to three children, and seen here with youngest daughter Honey (Getty Images Europe)Despite the age gap - and a brief split 10 years into their marriage - the couple are still going strong, and Jane has a hugely successful career of her own. The screenwriter and producer has co-wrote the screenplays for the Kingsman films, Kick-Ass, The Woman in Black and more recently, penned the script for the live-action remake of Disney’s A Little Mermaid, which raked in more than $560 million (£440 million) worldwide.
Jonathan and Jane are proud parents of three children - Betty Kitten, Harvey Kirby and Honey Kinney. Their youngest daughter Honey, 26, is a model and body positivity activist, and has appeared alongside her famous dad on Channel 4 ’s Celebrity Gogglebox. She previously spoke about her self-confidence issues, and recalled her mum and dad encouraging her to diet when she said she was unhappy with her body.
The Masked Singer's Jonathan Ross reveals embarrassing blunder with best friend
The talk show host said 'being nice' to each other was the secret to a happy marriage (Getty Images)“They saw me, a teenage girl, coming home saying, 'I hate my body'. They tried to give me solutions to a problem I brought to them, which was to lose weight. They presented me with diets and diets, as we know, don't work and are absolutely toxic,” she said during an appearance on Loose Women. "My advice to parents is keep that as far away from your children as possible, if you want them to have a good relationship with food and their bodies growing up do not shame them.”
The couple’s middle child is Harvey Kirby, 29, who has managed to stay out of the limelight despite having a TV and radio icon for a father. However, he did appear alongside Jonathan and sister Honey on Celebrity Gogglebox, and fans were stunned to see The Masked Singer judge’s handsome son.
Daughter Betty has had a tough few years, and now uses a wheelchair (Betty Kitten Ross/Instagram)
Betty was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2021 (Betty Kitten Ross/Instagram)Betty Kitten, 32, is Jonathan and Jane’s oldest child, and the social media influencer has been vocal about her sexuality and chronic health issues over the years. She was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2021, and now uses an electric wheelchair as she has struggled with mobility, which is a symptom of the chronic condition.
Fibromyalgia causes severe muscle pain and tenderness, and other symptoms include fatigue, sleep problems, headaches, low mood and difficulty remembering things. Betty was also diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), which causes an abnormal increase in the heart rate after sitting or standing.
Jonathan has spoken of his pride over Betty’s resilience and determination over the last few years, and he revealed she had also contracted Covid at the beginning of the global pandemic in 2020. “It’s been a tough couple of years for her in particular, but she is getting slowly better,” he candidly shared.