OHMYGOSSIP — Anneka Rice “almost murdered” her dad out of “love”.
The former ‘Treasure Hunt’ star told how she contemplated smothering her father – who was diagnosed with dementia in 2005 – with a pillow while he was in hospital after breaking his hip because she was devastated by how “broken” he had been left by the degenerative condition.
Speaking on her ‘Anneka Has Issues’ show on Radio 4 Extra, she said: “He was dazed and confused and it broke my heart.
“I’d visit every day, a three-hour round trip, and I remember vividly looking at my dad, usually so dapper, and now so broken in that hospital bed.
“And I looked and I looked, deep into my soul, and I looked at the pillow and I took one of his pillows. And I looked round the ward and I held the pillow up. And I wanted so much to help him on his way – as all our elderly parents say to us ‘please don’t let me linger in pain’.
“But when the time comes it’s almost impossible to do the deed. Murder I don’t think is naturally in our DNA.”
“I told forensic anthropologist and general expert on death Dame Sue Black that I nearly murdered my dad.”
Dame Sue reassured Anneka about her instincts.
She told the 63-year-old presenter: “The one thing that connects what you wanted to do, which sounds like such a vicious act to most, is that it was through love.”
Anneka agreed: “It was through deep love. A week after my dad died my mother developed the exact same symptoms.”
The former ‘Challenge Anneka’ host has previously spoken about her dad’s struggles with the disease.
She said: “Mostly he lived in a parallel universe, often a fictitious health club, and we would spend many happy hours debating whether to have the hot stone massage or just a snooze by the pool.”
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