‘GRIEF caught up with me'

Anita Rani opens up on the miscarriage she suffered in 2018 and why she’s happy being ‘fun Auntie Anita’

- HAYLEY MINN

Anita Rani has been fronting a TV programme all about parenting, Britain’s Best Parent? but she had her own chance to be a mum cruelly snatched away from her in 2018 when she suffered a devastating miscarriage.

The 42-year-old presenter has now opened up about the delayed grief she suffered, after forcing herself to dive back into work and distract herself after losing her and husband Bhupi’s baby.

Speaking to You magazine, Anita said, ‘Miscarriage is this taboo that exists in society and somehow, as women, we just have to get on with it.

‘When you go through it, it’s such a shock to you – you don’t know what’s happening. Your body’s going through something, your psychology is going through something, you’re grieving, it’s a sense of loss, it’s trauma. It’s so much to deal with.

‘I did this thing where I just thought, “I’ve got this; I can carry on”, but it catches up with you.’

BEING ‘FUN AUNTIE ANITA’

Anita has previously confessed that she doesn’t know whether she will ever be a mum – and isn’t in any rush.

Last year, she said, ‘There are enough children to go around, so if the odd woman doesn’t want to have one then it’s fine.’