‘my horizons are shrinking’

After years in the public eye as one half of the iconic duo ‘Richard and Judy’, these days former This Morning presenter Judy opts for a quiet life off-screen. While husband Richard, 67, remains a regular – and often controversial – fixture on Good Morning Britain, 75-year-old Judy says she now prefers a slower pace of life. ‘When I was doing This Morning for so many years and having to travel and be up at 6am it was not easy,’ she told woman&home, adding, ‘Now I’m back to a much more relaxed schedule.’

Here, Judy gives an insight into what matters to her most now, her biggest fears about ageing and why she doesn’t regret leaving the world of showbiz behind…

Finding peace

It’s no secret that Judy doesn’t always see eye to eye with Richard, and one of the couple’s biggest sources of contention is his reluctance to retire. While Judy says, ‘My children, and now my grandchildren, are the most important things in the world to me. When we’re all together it’s absolutely my happiest time,’ the same can’t be said for her husband, who still gets a buzz from working in live television. Richard confessed, ‘I get my state pension now. I just do stuff I get a kick out of.’

Previously, Judy – who’s said she feels ‘very differently to Richard’ when it comes to TV – admitted, ‘I love my quiet life tucked away with my home and family. It’s normal and peaceful – however exciting a job in TV may be, it’s never peaceful.’ So, it’s hardly surprising that Judy has no regrets about stepping back from the bustling world of television. ‘Life is a long process of making decisions… you have to make decisions about everything and once you’ve made those decisions, then regret is just not worth it. It’s just a complete waste of energy,’ she says. And Judy’s never looked back. ‘I mean, you make the decisions, you make them as well as you can, and you live with them. Some things work out great, some things don’t but there’s no point in having regrets,’ she says, adding, ‘There’s no such thing as regrets in life, just valuable lessons.’

However, while in the past Judy has said, ‘Even though I left TV umpteen years ago people still ask me if I miss it. I don’t,’ that doesn’t mean she wouldn��