Helen Skelton reveals reason her family didn't show up to support her at London Marathon
Helen Skelton has shared the real reason her family snubbed supporting her while running the London Marathon. The TV presenter took on the gruelling race for the forth time on Sunday as she raised money for Children with Cancer UK.
She finished the intense run around the capital's streets in an impressive time of 4:32:31. Helen proudly posed with her medal after the race as she said: "Romeo Done. Thanks for the encouragement. Thanks for coming out to cheer." Despite her mega achievement, Helen later revealed she didn't have her family at the finish line waiting to celebrate with her. The former Blue Peter host addressed their absence after receiving concern from fans.
In a post to her followers, she revealed that her family went to watch her footballer brother Gavin in a charity match instead. She wrote: "A lot of people asked me where my family was today...Well let's just say the battle for favourite child continues well into our 40s...."
Helen then shared a photo of a football match as she shared: "Standard... whole gang went to watch the real hero in our family who casually helped raise over 4k for charity in a footy match and never went on about it.
"Just got on with it. Proud sister."
Helen did, however, receive the support of her celebrity pals. Strictly Come Dancing professional Dianne Buswell commented: "Legend so good to see you."
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Gemma Atkinson added: "Incredible Helen!!!" Helen wasn't the only celebrity to take part in the race as the Masked Singer host Joel Dommett had a very tricky time.
He revealed he woke up in an ambulance after he collapsed while trying to complete the annual race. Ahead of the big day, Joel shared an ambitious itinerary that showed his plan to perform stand up in Leeds on Saturday night before returning to London to take part in the marathon the next morning.
He planned to take on the race and complete it in less than three hours - before then enjoying an ice bath. The TV star also had plans to film a project on Sunday evening - but his day was thrown off schedule when things went wrong in the middle of the race.
Fans following Joel as he made progress grew concerned when they noticed his status hadn't updated after the 15th mile. Joel later revealed that he had passed out and collapsed not long after that point and needed emergency treatment.
Taking to Instagram later on Sunday, the Masked Singer host revealed he managed to complete the race despite passing out in the middle of the race.
After forcing himself to complete the challenge, Joel wrote: "Not the race I expected! I fainted at mile 17 - don't really remember much but I woke up in an ambulance!"
He continued: "Thanks to Frankie and Barry for being amazing. I really wanted to finish it. After a few hours my pulse was back and I got going again at a very different pace but really got to soak it all in. Proud of myself for finishing." Joel ultimately crossed the finish line in 6 hours, 3 minutes and 27 seconds.
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