Gabby Logan has opened up about the concerns she had regarding her career as she went through menopause, worried her brain fog would cause her to forget people’s names.
The sports presenter, 51, was glowing in gold as she graced the cover of Good Housekeeping’s July edition ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Gabby spoke candidly in the interview about going through menopause, saying she found the brain fog the hardest as she had concerns it would affect her job.
However since starting on HRT (hormone replacement therapy), the TV personality said she has seen a real different, which she helps by doing regular exercises for her brain.
The former rhythmic gymnast also lifted the lid on why her 13-year marriage to Scottish rugby star Kenny, 52, has stayed strong.
Gabby Logan has opened up about the concerns she had regarding her career as she went through menopause, worried her brain fog would cause her to forget people’s names, as she graced the July cover of Good Housekeeping
The former rhythmic gymnast also lifted the lid on why her 13-year marriage to Scottish rugby star Kenny, 52, has stayed strong (Pictured on May 20)
Gabby looked sensational in an array of striking white and gold ensembles for the Good Housekeeping cover.
She donned two vibrant gold gowns, showing off her impressive figure, while in another snap she sported a white power suit with pearl studs on the arms.
Of her experience with menopause, Gabby said: ‘The thing that affected me most was the brain fog. Feeling slightly unsure about things was such an unfamiliar feeling – and I thought, “Oh, God, am I going to keep doing my job if I can’t recall somebody’s name?”
‘Fortunately, HRT has been great and I try to do regular exercise for my brain now, whether that’s testing myself on remembering numbers or people’s names.’
Gabby also said she always carries a piece of paper with her when she’s on set, so that she can write down notes to help her remember things.
The Welsh presenter married sportsman Kenny – who she shares twin children Lois and Reuben with – in 2001 when they were aged 28 and 29 respectively.
On having such a long-lasting marriage, Gabby said the key is being there to support one another when it gets tough, learning that marriage is a ‘team sport’.
She said: ‘Sometimes there’s going to be a player who needs picking up, and other times they’re the star of the game and it’s someone else who needs the boost.
The sports presenter, 51, was glowing in gold as she graced the cover of Good Housekeeping’s July edition ahead of the Paris Olympics
Gabby spoke candidly in the interview about going through menopause, saying she found the brain fog the hardest as she had concerns it would affect her job (Pictured in April)
Gabby looked sensational in an array of striking white and gold ensembles for the Good Housekeeping cover
The Welsh presenter married sportsman Kenny – who she shares twin children Lois and Reuben with – in 2001 when they were aged 28 and 29 respectively (Pictured on May 20)
‘With a marriage, it’s the same: you’re never walking along the same bit of road at the same time. We also never stop working at it. A marriage isn’t something you can just leave to be and hope it’s all right in 15 years; it needs a bit of assessment.’
But while Gabby’s life is full of love, she suffered an unimagineable tragedy as a child when her brother died aged 15.
Gabby lost her brother Daniel, an aspiring footballer, aged 15 when he collapsed and died while playing the sport with their father.
She said: ‘It’s strange because you don’t lose your brother and think, “Well this is a good life lesson,” but at some point you realise that, actually, you have learned a lot – and that you’ve been exposed to a depth of emotion that you didn’t know existed.
‘It’s taught me how resilient we are as humans, how we can come back from really dark days and things that make you go, “What’s the point? Why are we here?” And that you can laugh again and find joy in life.’
In 2022, Gabby revealed she was terrified her son Reuben would die before the age of 16 after her brother died as a teenager.
She suddenly realised she was living in fear when Reuben celebrated his 16th birthday.
Of her experience with menopause, Gabby said: ‘The thing that affected me most was the brain fog’ (Pictured in December)
Gabby lost her brother Daniel, an aspiring footballer, aged 15 when he collapsed and died while playing the sport with their father (Pictured in March)
Gabby, who is mother to both Reuben, now 18, and his twin sister Lois, explained on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett podcast according to the Mirror: ‘When my son was nearly 16 – a few days from Daniel’s birthday – I realised that I’d been worried about him not being 16 because Daniel never got there.
‘So I did have a fear I was going to repeat history.’
Gabby said she also obsessed over the birth dates of young footballers when she first started working in television as she was worried they would meet the same fate as her brother.
Daniel, who was four years younger than her, had an undiagnosed heart problem and died in 1992 after playing football in the garden with their father, former Leeds United star Terry Yorath.
Gabby added: ‘Even a few years afterwards I could find myself sobbing. When I started working in football I used to be obsessed with dates of players’ births because they would be Daniel’s age.
‘And I knew he might be playing in that match. You wonder, ‘What kind of player would he have been?’. I wonder if he’d have had a girlfriend by now, or met somebody he wanted to marry, or now I wonder if he’d have children.’
