Amanda Holden says Thomas Haden Church saved her husband Chris Hughes’ life.
The 48-year-old TV presenter has revealed the 59-year-old Hollywood star rescued her choking husband by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on him after he saw Chris turning "blue" when a piece of pasta he had lodged in his throat, while the couple were holidaying in the US.
Speaking on ‘Heart Breakfast’, she said: "I have to say, he [Thomas] is also the saviour of my husband’s life. And that’s no word of a lie. We were on holiday in America and Chris had to have a lunch with an American comedian and I was back at the hotel with the kids.
"And I did keep looking at my watch thinking, ‘Oh brilliant, this is going really well for him, he’s been absolutely ages.’
"But actually what happened was, as he was eating pasta he got a bit lodged in his throat, thought, ‘Oh OK I’ll have a bit of Diet Coke or whatever to swish it down.’
"It expanded and he was doing that British thing of carrying on and making eye contact with this American comedian.
"And he completely went blue, could not breathe. And out of nowhere this man came and did the Heimlich manoeuvre on him and he threw up all over the table.
"He turned round and Chris saw Thomas Hayden Church. The guy was like, ‘Are you OK?’ Chris just goes, ‘Yeah, I loved you in ‘Sideways’.’ "
The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge has also revealed she is to take on a skydive to raise money for Global’s Make Some Noise charity, and confessed she’s never done "anything like this" in her life.
She said: "I flippantly said, ‘Oh yeah I’ll do that’. And then someone actually said to me, ‘Would you seriously jump out of a plane?’
"And I had no idea of the details … and you’ve just told me the details. So I’m thinking if I can do it, everyone else can do it.
"I have never done anything like this in my life"
Tune in to ‘Heart Breakfast’ with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, weekdays from 06:30-10:00 across the UK.
Thomas Haden Church saved Amanda Holden’s husband’s life
