BBC star Helen Skelton, 41, couldn’t hide her excitement as she caught her second oldest child, Louis, seven, transfixed by Blue Peter. The Countryfile host presented the beloved kid’s show from 2008 to 2013, and shared two Instagram Stories of her boy watching it on TV at home. In the snap, Louis was sitting at their large dining table seemingly writing Christmas cards, with Blue Peter playing on the television screen opposite him. “Life made… watching Blue Peter,” Helen wrote over the candid moment.
Helen then shared a short video in which Louis gave up his card writing completely, and was standing right beside the TV while fixated on the action. “Let me tell you about this one time son… Blue Peter legacy going strong…” Helen captioned the video, tagging fellow Blue Peter legends Anthea Turner and Gethin Jones.
Alongside Louis, Helen shares Ernie, nine, and Elsie, born in December 2021, with her England rugby league player ex-husband Richie Myler. The couple announced their split in 2022 after eight years of marriage, and Helen now lives in a beautiful new home in Cumbria - her home county - with the kids.
Helen opened up to the Mirror about her life as a single parent, joking: “I always say it’s not a kid that needs a nanny, I need a nanny – to do all the boring stuff.” The star still admitted: “I’m very lucky... most of my friends work way more, in offices or schools or hospitals. They take the mick because I don’t work half as much as they do. TV work is feast or famine, so you have a crazy few weeks, then you have a really quiet month.”.
