McFly star Harry Judd reveals he’s picked up a new hobby after ‘completely collapsed’ in tears while filming Celebrity Race Across The World
Harry Judd revealed that he’s picked up a new hobby after “going completely broke” at the start of Celebrity Race Across The World.
The McFly drummer, 37, admitted he was devastated at the first checkpoint of the BBC show after a Zoom conversation with his wife Izzy and their three children.
Harry joined the grueling race across 24 countries with his mother Emma, who is an avid seamstress and soothed her son by giving him a tapestry to sew.
The former Strictly winner has since become “obsessed” with the hobby, joking that it’s “the new rock’n’roll.”
The mother and son had to compete against driver Billy Monger and his sister Bonny; All Saints singer Melanie Blatt and her mother Helene; and GMB weatherman Alex Beresford and his father, Noel.
‘I cried a little’: Harry Judd revealed he’s picked up a new hobby after he ‘broke down’ at the start of Celebrity Race Across The World
‘I really missed my wife’: The McFly drummer, 37, admitted he was devastated at the first checkpoint of the BBC show after a Zoom conversation with his wife Izzy and their three children
The group all gave up their phones and credit cards in Marrakesh, Morocco, for a 9,000-mile race to Tromsø in Norway.
Harry revealed that he felt tense for most of the first episode and said he struggled with exhaustion at the first checkpoint in Pinhao, Portugal.
He told The mirror“We had a 20 minute zoom call with our families and I was completely devastated. I felt like I had never missed anyone so much. I really missed my wife. And I went to mom’s room and cried a little bit. She has brought out this tapestry she makes during the winter months. And she got one for me.’
The musician said it allowed him to focus his mind and he soon became “obsessed” with sewing.
He continued, “Mama called it ‘stitch and bitch.’ It was really therapeutic, so that’s my only advice (to anyone thinking about applying). Buy some carpet, it’s the new rock ‘n’ roll.’
Harry married violinist Izzy in 2012 and the couple have since welcomed three children: Lola, seven, Kit, five, and Lockie, who turns two in October.
He added to the publication that the 10-hour bus, train and ferry journey during the month-long TV show allowed him to reconnect with his mother after he suddenly left home and turned around at the age of 17. joined McFly.
Emma admitted she felt “a sadness” when her son joined the hit band, and Harry said he can now “identify with what she’s been through” since he has kids of his own.
He added: “I haven’t considered the impact this could have on Mom. It was just an exciting time for me. But now that I have children of my own, I can somewhat imagine what my mother went through then.’
‘It was really therapeutic’: Harry joined the grueling race across 24 countries with his mother Emma, who is an avid seamstress and soothed her son by giving him a rug to sew
Amazing: The former Strictly winner has since become ‘obsessed’ with the hobby, joking that it’s ‘the new rock’n’roll’
Cast: The mother and son competed against driver Billy Monger and his sister Bonny; All Saints singer Melanie Blatt and her mother Helene; and GMB weatherman Alex Beresford and his father, Noel