Im a Celeb Fatima Whitbreads rarely seen son and life away from public eye

Fatima Whitbread is just one of the legends taking part in I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! South Africa after her memorable stint in 2011.

The Olympic athletic legend came third on the popular ITV reality series, before returning to try claim the jungle crown once more alongside stars including Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan and TV legend Carol Vorderman.

However away from the limelight, she leads a quiet life with her rarely seen son Ryan.

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Ryan, 25, is Fatima's only child, who she welcomed her with ex-husband Andrew Norman.

Andrew was an promoter for the British Athletics Federation and met the star during the eighties when he would watch Fatima compete in competitions across the world.

A romance soon blossomed and after a long relationship, they married in a ceremony in West Sussex in 1997.

However, Fatima has since opened up about going through IVF treatment after she struggled to concieve, revealing during a piece she wrote for the Daily Mail that she suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage during her second round of IVF.

She wrote: "On the second attempt I did get pregnant. I was elated,"

"I carried my baby for nearly four months, but then I had a miscarriage and lost my child in a pool of blood. The loss was devastating to both of us."

Following a third round of IVF treatment, she and Andrew welcomed their son Ryan on February 25, 1998.

"Ryan was no bigger than a bag of sugar and it seemed so unbelievable that nature can produce such a tiny being," wrote Fatima.

"I will never forget that feeling when the midwife laid Ryan on my stomach. I felt instant love, instant warmth.

"I was almost 37 and a mum at last. ‘We finally did it, Fatima,’ said Andrew as he kissed my brow. ‘This time we crossed the finish line."

Ryan tends to keep his personal life away from the public eye and not much is known about Fatima's son or what he is up to now.

It is known though that Fatima and Ryan raised money for Action for Children in 2022, when the pair climbed up Mont Blanc to raise funds for the charity.

They also appeared on an episode of Celebrity Cash in the Attic in 2011 too, when once again the mother and son duo aimed to auction off items in the hope of raising money for children's charities.

Fatima opened up about Ryan during an interview with the Daily Mail too – and revealed that she was ready to "find love" again following the death of Ryan's father Andrew.

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Fatima and Andrew divorced in 2006, but just one year later, Andrew died from a sudden heart attack at the age of 64 years old.

The Olympic legend explained in 2012 that now her son was older he didn't need her around as much, explaining to Daily Mail at the time: "I’ve so been tied up with all my work in the last year that I haven’t even had a chance to sit and have time for my own family.

"But you know my son’s now 14 and he’s got a lot more interests now he doesn’t need mum as much so yeah it would be nice to meet someone and go on a few dates, I think I deserve that now."

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