Giovanna Fletcher and Tom open up about their mental health battles 

Tom and Giovanna Fletcher often come off as the perfect couple on social media, sharing enviable snaps of their family life on Instagram.

However, they admit that they struggle just as much as the average couple when it comes to the pressures of parenthood.

In a candid new interview with Heat the husband and wife revealed how they’ve dealt with the struggles of raising a family, depression and a heartbreaking miscarriage.

In the video former McFly front man Tom, 32, admits that being in the public eye from the age of 18 had an effect on his mental health.

He explains: ‘I went through a tough time with depression and for a long time I didn’t really recognise what that was. It was only when I saw a documentary that Stephen fry had made and he described my brain.

‘I was at a particularly low point when I saw it and I saw it just by chance when it was on TV and it was that that made me reach out and go and speak to someone and it was a really defining moment of my life.’

Tom and Giovanna Fletcher have opened up with their personal struggles with mental health in a candid new interview 

Giovanna says that her darkest time came following her miscarriage which she describes as a 'very lonely grief'

Giovanna says that her darkest time came following her miscarriage which she describes as a ‘very lonely grief’

Giovanna, 33, admits that she has dealt with her own demons and in February last year revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage before the birth of her two sons Buzz and Buddy.

Giovanna, who is now expecting her third baby, said of her experience: ‘It feels like such a lonely grief. 

‘For me it happened at 6 weeks so before we had really told anyone, so then when you are telling people, you’re not only telling them that you were pregnant but that you’d lost a child.

‘I felt like I’d failed me, I’d failed Tom, I’d failed the baby. It was my first taste of motherhood and I think it affected me in a really bad way.’

The couple, who are currently expecting their third child, are speaking speaking in capacity with the ¿Where¿s Your Head At?¿ mental health campaign

The couple, who are currently expecting their third child, are speaking speaking in capacity with the ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ mental health campaign

Giovanna, who is the author of ‘Happy Mum, Happy Baby’ was also keen to speak about the pressures new mothers feel to be the perfect parent.

She continued:  ‘If we’re talking about mental health there’s a lot of pressure on parents, and mums in particular, to feel like they’re getting it right all the time. 

‘It’s very easy to look at other people, especially on Instagram where it’s all glossy and everyone’s getting it right and you think why am I not like that, why do I feel like I’m failing and getting it wrong?’

The couple is speaking in capacity with ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ – Heat’s campaign aiming to drive a vital mission: break the stigma attached to talking about mental health and make it a legal requirement for every work place or college in the UK to have a mental health first aider. 

Giovanna (pictured with her two children Buzz and Buddy) also reflected on the pressure new mothers feel to be 'perfect' 

Giovanna (pictured with her two children Buzz and Buddy) also reflected on the pressure new mothers feel to be ‘perfect’ 

The petition has now clocked up over 60,000 signatures. 

The campaign has garnered support from a number of celebrities including: Jeremy Corbyn, Jamie Laing, Charlotte Crosby, Megan McKenna and Kem Cetinay who have all spoken openly about their personal struggles with mental health.

Speaking about the campaign, Tom commented: ‘If you’re overwhelmed or stressed or feeling depressed the first and most challenging bit is recognising that yourself and telling someone about it and the moment you do that, that’s the first and most significant step.’

Giovanna added: ‘It can affect everyone. Yes, you might have a really fortunate life and you should be enjoying every single aspect of it but when it comes to mental health it doesn’t matter.’

To find out more about Heat’s ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ campaign visit www.wheresyourheadat.org



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