Alex Jones shared an update on Instagram (January 7) as The One Show presenter praised staff following her son’s hospital visit as she revealed the reason for her absence on the BBC show.
The BBC host, who is a mother to three children Teddy, aged six, Kit, aged four, and two-year-old daughter, Annie, first shared a snap on her Instagram Stories of one of her boys in a hospital bed while being tended to by a nurse.
He could be seen laying in a hospital bed with an iPad and a blanket that covered him.
While Alex did not go into detail about her son’s hospital admission, she captioned the post: “Never gets easier but made so much better thanks to amazingly kind and gentle staff @chelwest.”
In a follow up post, she then assured fans that all was well in her next post when she expressed her “relief” at the appointment being over.
The on-screen host explained she would be absent from her regular slot on The One Show.
The broadcaster wrote: “Such a relief that it’s done!
“Needless to say, I won’t be on @bbctheoneshow later but @laurenlaverne and @gabbylogal will look after you x.”
While Alex did not confirm which of her sons was taken to hospital she did reveal last year that her second child, Kit, underwent surgery due to complications with his ears.
In May 2022, Kit underwent surgery again for what Alex described as a “routine operation.”
At the time, Alex took to her Instagram Stories to tell fans of her tough day, writing: “Waiting for my little Kit to come back from theatre after a very routine op but feels like the longest morning of my life!”
Kit was born in May 2019, following his brother Teddy, who arrived in 2017. Alex and her husband Charlie Thomson’s third baby, Annie, was born in 2021.
