Jasmine Harman’s husband, Jon, suffered a heart attack as the couple renovated their Spanish home earlier this year. The worrying scenes were shown in yesterday’s episode of ‘Jasmine’s Renovation in the Sun’ as construction work was halted when Jon was filmed being taken to hospital after falling ill.
Scenes showed doctors telling Jon he had suffered a heart attack. Earlier in the episode, Jasmine’s husband had already shared how heart issues run in his family, it was then a few weeks later in May he suffered his own heart attack.
After the episode, Jasmine took to Instagram to share how “fortunate” the family feel. In a video of the couple, she said: “Everything that we have gone through this year and I still feel very lucky and very fortunate.”
Showing her appreciation to fans, The presenter said: “Thank you everyone for watching, we have just been overwhelmed with replies and with everyone’s comments and feedback it’s been amazing.”
The Channel 4 star captioned the video: “Tonight’s episode is a bit upsetting…BUT, look at where we are now! We honestly cannot thank you enough for all the kind comments about the show. It’s taking so long to get through all them all but from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We are so grateful.”
Jasmine revealed Jon is now on the mend, she told the Mirror: “Jon is fine now and he is back working. I know this sounds strange but even with the background of what could have happened and worrying he could have died, it makes you feel lucky he just had a mild heart attack and everything is fine. But the challenges life throws at you has made me take things in my stride a lot better than I used to.”
Jasmine has been an integral part of A Place in the Sun since joining over 20 years ago, in 2004. The 49-year-old helps buyers find their dream home in the sunshine, so she regularly travels all over Europe to seek out the best properties for her clients and for viewers to look at.
While she is most notable for A Place in the Sun, she has also worked on a number of BBC documentaries, including Collectaholics and My Hoarder Mum and Me. Away from the screen, Jasmine is married to Jon Boast and the couple tied the knot in 2009. They met on the set of A Place in the Sun, as Jon was the director of photography. Jon and Jasmine share a son called Albion and a daughter, Joy.
The new series, Jasmine’s Renovation in the Sun, is a new 15-part series from Freeform Productions. Together with their two young children, the family are taking the plunge to purchase and renovate a rundown Spanish Villa.
The series gives an insight into the work that goes into making their dream come true as they juggle the demands of a renovation, busy jobs, young kids, making friends, and building a life for themselves in Spain.
Supportive comments left under the latest post by Jasmine to Instagram, say: “Absolutely loving your programme and tuning in every night! We moved to the sea in the UK two years ago, it has also been a journey but totally worth it.”
Another comment says: “What a beautiful family home you are creating with your wonderful family. Love, love love watching your series.”
Further replies included: “It’s been quite the year, but you’ve both done SO well” and “Just watched tonight’s episode and was very moved and quite shocked at how your hubby ends up back in the hospital obviously he’s doing ok, thank goodness.”