{"id":68539,"date":"2023-11-03T17:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/?p=68539"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:43:40","slug":"alastair-stewart-says-wife-being-his-carer-is-demeaning-and-soul-destroying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/celebrities\/alastair-stewart-says-wife-being-his-carer-is-demeaning-and-soul-destroying\/","title":{"rendered":"Alastair Stewart says wife being his carer is demeaning and soul-destroying"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alastair Stewart has admitted his frustration over his wife of 45 years, Sally, being forced to tie up his shoelaces for him as he battles vascular dementia.<\/p>\n

Though the mum-of-four has happily taken on the role of carer for him, Alastair revealed that he was wracked with “guilt” over the “demeaning” and “soul-destroying” situation.<\/p>\n

The 71-year-old, who worked for ITV News for more than three decades, among other channels, explained that his wife now has to button his shirts, arrange his ties and check his diary to ensure he doesn’t end up arriving somewhere hours earlier than planned.<\/p>\n

“The thing I have found most difficult to deal with is how the diagnosis has reduced Sal, the love of my life and mother of my children, to the role of carer – it is demeaning and soul-destroying,” he shared in a new interview.<\/p>\n

“I know she does all this out of love, but if you’re the one whose shoelaces need doing up, it’s not an easy ask,” he continued to Saga magazine.<\/p>\n

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“It’s not an easy thank you, either. It’s complicated. I find it difficult because I feel guilty.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he described Sally as a woman of “enormous calibre and talent”, explaining that she’d already become established in TV production when the pair first met, whereas he was a “rookie trainee”.<\/p>\n

Even more heartbreakingly for Alastair, he was forced to resign from the job he loved after the stresses and strains of live TV became too much for the dementia-sufferer.<\/p>\n

He described his role with GB News as “taxing on anyone’s brain” – but fortunately the channel decided to keep him on with a contributor contract, meaning he can still work but without the strain of full-time hours.<\/p>\n

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