BBC Sport presenter Emma Louise Jones forced to take a break from TV due to long-term health battle and says she’s been ‘spending more time in hospital than at home’
BBC Sport presenter Emma Louise Jones has announced she is taking a break from TV due to her long-term health problems.
The 33-year-old football pundit, who regularly appears on MOTDx, said she was forced to take a step back from work after spending ‘more time in hospital than at home’.
Emma, who gave no details about her illness, wrote on
“I’m taking time off from work/life to focus on getting back to full strength. I’ll be right back’.
BBC Sport presenter Emma Louise Jones, 33, has announced she is taking a break from TV due to her long-term health problems
The football pundit, who regularly appears on MOTDx (pictured), said she was forced to take a step back from work after spending ‘more time in hospital than at home’
Emma, who gave no details about her illness, wrote on
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In September, Emma moved out just months after claiming she was repeatedly ‘harassed’ by a man who stopped her on dog walks and asked to take pictures of her.
She shared videos of herself on TikTok renovating her new home and filmed a tour for fans around her Grade II listed building.
Emma showed her around her four-bedroom home, while another showed her how to pull up the house’s old carpet and linoleum while her dog watched her.
The TV presenter said that while she knows she could have ‘called in the professionals’, she is ‘just as keen to do it’ [she] can ‘on its own’.
In the second video, Emma called the sprawling home a “project,” adding, “I’m enjoying the journey and I hope it will be as beautiful as I imagine.”
In July last year, the BBC star said she started feeling ‘uneasy’ when the same man approached her several days while she was walking her Maltipoo puppy Teddy.
He asked to take pictures with her and also made requests that were too mean to post online. The result was that the presenter was left shocked.
In September, Emma moved out just months after claiming she was repeatedly ‘harassed’ by a man who stopped her on dog walks and asked to take pictures of her
She shared videos of herself on TikTok renovating her new home and filmed a tour for fans around her Grade II listed building
She decided to share the story on social media to raise awareness of this type of behavior that makes women/girls feel uncomfortable.
She told her 350,000 Twitter followers: ‘I would urge anyone who sees what looks like an awkward interaction not to just ignore it and walk past it.
‘You don’t always have to intervene, but just the presence of someone else nearby can be reassuring.’
It wasn’t the first time she had been harassed. In January, the expert discovered she had been impersonated on an X-rated dating site and her photos were being used on someone else’s profile.
It wasn’t the first time she had been harassed. In January, the expert discovered she had been impersonated on an X-rated dating site and her photos were being used on someone else’s profile.
She took to Instagram to quash any speculation that she was on dating site Uberf***y.
Emma said in her stories: ‘I’m on Uberf***y too’ and added two crying emojis to share her feelings about it.
Emma added: ‘What’s an uberf***y? I don’t want to Google it.’
The Leeds FC Fan started her career at Leeds TV in 2017 before moving on to BBC Radio 5 Live, the Netball Nation Podcast and working with the BBC during the 2018 World Cup.
Her Instagram profile, which has attracted more than 400,000 followers, showcases her glamorous life as a football presenter.
She shares photos of her work at live sporting events and reporting from the expert’s chair.
She is usually seen shutting down horrible trolls who target her online. When Emma was asked an inappropriate X-rated question on Twitter in March, she responded, “Alexa, what does a virgin look like?”