When asked about his ailing wife, the well-known TV personality was open and honest about how he handled it.
TV aristocracy It makes sense that Rove McManus has kept quiet about his late ex-wife Belinda Emmett’s fight with cancer.
However, 16 years after her passing, the now 49-year-old has been vocal about his battle to deal with his loss while balancing a successful profession.
“Sadness is a part of everyone’s existence. Speaking on the Jess Rowe Big Talk Show, he added, “I’m no different from everybody else.
“At the time, it was challenging because you’re trying to balance your personal and professional responsibilities.
And once more, promoting yourself is a requirement of the work since others want to know what you’re doing.
McManus was hosting the wildly popular variety programme Rove Live at the time, which ended in 2009.
Then again, individuals are curious about what is going on at home. What goes on at home is none of your business, he said.
I’m not here to discuss what’s going on at home. You must be a buddy of mine if you want to know.
However, if you approach a stranger on the street, you will likely hear, “Fine, it’s good.
It was really difficult for me to navigate without becoming angry at people for being nosy.
Emmett, the actress from Home and Away, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, the same year that McManus first met her.
Before Emmett’s death at age 32 following an eight-year cancer fight, they were married in 2005.
The TV presenter acknowledged to “shutting down” whenever he was questioned about his wife, but he assured Rowe that he appreciated the public’s concern for his well-being during his wife’s sickness and eventual death.
On his show, McManus claimed he would provide “a very brief answer” to questions from visitors.
Being an interviewer himself, McManus recognised that certain “no-go zones” with an interviewee are commonly known, and if you are planning to elicit further information, it is often “a roll of the dice”.
“You can either work around that or be ready for the possibility that someone who has been outgoing, lively, and forthcoming suddenly shuts down.
And I definitely would do that.
“I would cut off communication and perhaps provide a warning, but there were occasions when I would figuratively just sit there with my arms crossed and declare, ‘I’m just not going to talk about it.
“That’s the only way you could get through it.”
In 2009, McManus wed Tasma Walton, an actress, to become his wife.
Ruby, their daughter, is eight years old.
