The former 'Britain's Next Top Model' host reveals a health scare that left her so scared as she thought she had multiple sclerosis when her lower body started to feel numb.
- Jan 10, 2024
AceShowbiz - Abbey Clancy couldn't stop weeping when she saw a doctor because she feared she was going to be diagnosed with MS - but her jeans were just too tight. The 37-year-old model was worried she was going to be told she had multiple sclerosis (MS) - a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord, which can cause problems with vision, arm or leg movement, sensation or balance - after Goggling her symptoms when she started to feel some numbness in her lower body.
"It's when I had these jeans on, they were so tight they would stop the blood where I was sitting down. But googling it, it was MS," she said on her and husband Peter Crouch's "NewlyWeds" podcast.
With Abbey in tears about her possible diagnosis, the doctor did reveal she had a mental health issue regarding her health fears. She explained, "I'd been holding [anxiety] in so much that when I got to the doctor, I went hysterical and couldn't stop crying. He was like, 'You haven't got MS but you've got a mental health issue.' "
Peter added, "Health anxiety is a thing. She has got an issue with that." The 42-year-old former footballer wants Abbey to "worry less" because she tends to "take on everyone's problems." He said, "It's a nice thing but it takes its toll."
Last year, the couple - who married in 2011 - revealed they had renewed their wedding vows in December 2022. Abbey told HELLO! magazine at the time, "We started as a young couple together, and now here we are with our four kids walking us down the aisle. I feel like the luckiest person on earth. The Maldives is a magical place, so to renew our vows there was perfect. It still feels like a dream."
