On yesterday’s episode of Lorraine, presenter Christine Lampard sat down with Nick Knowles’ wife, Katie. It was Katie’s first televised interview and she opened up about having a hysterectomy at 35, in what has been a life-changing couple of weeks.
Katie and Nick tied the knot on June 7, in a luxurious wedding at Braxted Park, Essex. The couple shared a series of sweet photos and clips on Instagram from their happy day together. The couple began dating in 2021 after they met when their children became friends at a play centre and got engaged in 2023.
Sharing her experience of the surgery, Katie reflected on the lifelong pain she felt from the age of just eleven as she said: “I was eleven when I started my periods so it’s been long term pain.”
Katie said she was often left “throwing up, not getting out of bed and crawling around the house.” Having been misdiagnosed for a number of years, Katie explained: “I first went to the doctors when I was twelve, it was my family doctor and he said it was period pains.
“I kept going back and they said this is normal or they put you on a pill or some kind of other contraceptive, anything other than giving you tests and when you have tests it takes ages with the waiting lists. It’s been a long process.”
Sharing her reasons for having chosen to have a hysterectomy, Katie added: “I’m really lucky and grateful that I have my babies and I think that was a big thing. I knew I didn’t want more kids so it was a more positive thing knowing I’ve done that and Nick definitely didn’t want any more kids so that was fine.”
Katie told Frankie: “We just prepared for it, me, my family and Nick by talking about the pain relief afterwards.” She said the surgery was “tough” and didn’t think it would be “quite as painful” as it was.
Speaking about Nick, Katie went on to add: “He’s been really good, he’s normally on tea duty anyway, that’s his number one thing he does in the house for me every single day but he’s been doing tea, dinners, mopping. Things he normally doesn’t do so it’s been nice to have someone look after me and help me more.”
The 62-year-old DIY SOS presenter wore a a light-pink suit and Katie went for a white gown boasting a blue floral pattern, at the recent wedding.
In a joint Instagram post with Nick yesterday morning, Katie wrote: “On the way home from the most amazing and nerve wracking morning on the @lorraine show with @christinelampard
“What a great experience, and so lucky to be given the platform to talk about my endometriosis, adenomyosis and hysterectomy.” In the comments people left supportive messages, with many relating to the health condition.
One person said: “Such a powerful message! Thank you for raising awareness” and another added “Thank you! You have spoken for so many of us.”
Further responses included: “This is great, well done girl, thank you for doing this, the more awareness the greater chance we have for this problem to not take decades to be diagnosed.”