Joel Dommett 'fell apart' at 40
Joel Dommett didn't think turning 40 would bother him, but he "fell apart".
Joel Dommett "fell apart" when he turned 40.
The Masked Singer presenter didn't think reaching the milestone age in June 2025 would affect him as much as it did, but as soon as he started his new decade, he was "suddenly really worried" about his appearance.
Joel - who has sons Wilde, two, and three-month-old Dutch with wife Hannah Cooper - told Digital Spy: "I was like, ‘Oh, it's gonna be absolutely fine, why would I panic?’ I was like, 'You know, all good', and then I hit 40, and my wife would fully attest to this: I absolutely fell apart!
"I was like, 'What's going on? Oh God, am I doing this right? Am I doing this right? Am I exercising?’
"And Hannah was like, ‘I'm pregnant. Can you please just worry about me for a second?’ "
Joel feels "very lucky" to be juggling a successful career with a fulfilling personal life.
He said: "I’m hosting Vernon Kay's radio show in the morning, so I'm getting up at a ridiculous time.
"But it's all good. Bless the boys, they are so brilliant. They are amazing, and I love it. I love being a dad, and I love being a husband, and I also love being a comedian and presenter. So I feel very lucky on all of those fronts. Long may all of them last."
But he recently stepped down as host of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! spin-off show I'm a Celebrity... Unpacked to spend more time with his family, though he admitted he rarely thinks he gets his work/life balance right.
He said: "Every day is a different day and trying to figure out what your work-life balance is, is really hard.
"And if you're someone who's cracked it, then fair play to you. But I don't think anyone feels like they get it right, and I certainly don't, and I'm really, really trying my best to.
"It's just about trying to figure out what's important. When you get to David Attenborough's age, you want to know that you can look back and go, ‘Oh, I worked the right amount, I challenged myself the right amount, and I also saw my family enough and the right amount too’, and getting all of those plates spinning at the right speed is really difficult.
"I'm trying to get better at it, and hopefully I am, but it's tough. It's really tough."
