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Amanda Holden Tears Up On Air as She Marks Daughter Hollie’s 14th Birthday

The Heart Breakfast host framed the milestone as a shift from having more children to adopting rescue pets.

Overview

  • Before the show, she posted an Instagram tribute with recent photos and a video of Hollie as a toddler running in a park.
  • On air, she said memories of Hollie at two left her crying in the car and joked that the toddler stage felt like the perfect age.
  • Holden shares daughters Lexi, 20, and Hollie with husband Chris Hughes, and the couple’s loss of their son Theo in 2011 remains part of their family story.
  • She recently told listeners she would have had more children if she had met Chris earlier, but now considers their family complete.
  • She used the broadcast to ask Chris for approval to rescue another puppy, noting their current pets include Rudie and Muffy from Battersea and a cat, Bolt, adopted after a Greece trip.