'It doesn't feel real' Jonnie Irwin's wife shares heartbreaking message just weeks after his death

The ever-popular presenter Jonnie Irwin passed away earlier this month from lung cancer and his wife, Jessica has admitted to friends that she is struggling to envision a future without him.

The star of A Place in The Sun was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020 and over time, it revealed that the condition had spread to his brain.

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When he died aged 50, he left behind his wife Jessica and their three young sons; Rex, aged five, and two-year-old twins Cormac and Rafa.

Posting a picture of the sun-kissed coastline, many believing it to link closely with Jonnie, she opened her heart and soul to followers.

She wrote: ‘It still doesn’t feel real. The sadness is huge. I can’t even let myself think what another week without Jonnie will be like let along another year, another 10 years.’

Jessica continued: ‘I have been truly touched by all the support from friends and strangers. But nothing compares to how I have been picked up by my family and Jonnies’ sisters, your support and love means everything to me. I am loving watching the boys enjoy some days in the sun and having a change of scene is just what we needed.’

Pic: Jonnie Irwin/Instagram

Before his passing Jonnie bought his boys their eighteenth birthday presents and opened up about his concern that they might not remember him.

In 2023 he told Hello! Magazine: ‘It pains me to think the twins probably won’t remember me. You hear people say: “I don’t remember my dad. He died when I was so young.”

‘I think about that, and it breaks my heart because that’s what I’m destined to be, really – a footnote in their life. So, I try to have monuments of my love for them.’

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