The husband of a former lifestyle guru appeared on TV with his new girlfriend where he revealed his wife gave him her blessing to date someone else.
Barbara Smith, 69, better known as B. Smith, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2013 after suffering with the symptoms for four years.
As her conditioned worsened her husband Dan Gasby, 64, began dating a new woman Alex Lerner while continuing to care for his sick wife.
The controversial couple appeared on ITV daytime show This Morning on Friday where they attempted to justify their relationship following a bout of criticism.
Dan Gasby appeared on This Morning to defend his decision to date girlfriend Alex Sterner (pictured together) while caring for his wife B. Smith who suffers from Alzheimer's
Speaking to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on a live video link from New Yok Dan said: 'Everyone has weighed in from a moral, religious, every kind of standard you can imagine.
'My wife said to me, after she got the diagnosis in 2013... she put her hand on my arm she said, "I don't want anyone to tell our story. I want you to tell our story and I want you to tell it truthfully"
'We've always been in the public eye she said "I want you to go on, I don't want you to sit in a room with me and not have a life."'
He continued: 'To me it's the truest expression of love to not hold someone to something that is not reasonable for their life expectancy.
B was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2013 and her condition has since deteriorated to the point where her husband claims she is unable to use the toilet herself
B and Dan married in 1992, and the pair still remain married and live together in New York
'But at the same time I made a commitment and I made a vow to take care of her.'
Speaking of his wife's condition Dan described her as a '69-year-old' toddler who has become increasingly difficult to care for.
He said: 'You lose the ability to understand everything you don't know what day what week what month, what year it is, you don't know even how to toilet yourself.
'I call it living in hell without the heat.'
Dan went on to describe how he had initially turned to drink while trying to cope with his wife's diagnosis.
He went on: 'It's very frustrating and it caused me quite honestly to drink to much at a point to gain 30lbs to feel like I was in hell.
'I love her and I wanted to take care of her, which I'm doing, but...you start to live symbiotically their lives, and their lives start to close and shut down.'
Alex, who began dating Dan in 2017 and now helps care for B, says that B doesn't have the 'capability' to understand who she is.
Speaking to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on Friday's This Morning Alex said that she had been subjected to 'unwarranted' abuse about their relationship
Dan says that his wife gave him her 'blessing' to move on with his life but she is past the capability of understanding who Alex is
Viewers at home shared their support for Dan on Twitter and said that people had no right to judge unless they had been in the same situation
She visits Dan's home where he lives with B every other weekend and even has her own space there.
Describing the abuse she had been subjected to personally she said: 'There is a lot of pressure.
'It has been very hard, there have been very hard judgments on me that are completely unexpected and unwarranted. It's been very rough.'
Dan goes on to describe the isolation he felt before he met Alex.
He tells Ruth: 'Loneliness is deadly. Loneliness creates depression, Loneliness creates the feeling of hopelessness that causes you to spiral into things that ultimately take you down that will kill you.'
B. Smith's diagnosis came to light in 2014 when she was found in Manhattan after she went missing in Long Island.
Alex (pictured with B) stays at Dan's home that he shares with his wife every other weekend and also helps to care for her
The trailblazing model began her fashion career by becoming the first African-American woman to grace the cover of Mademoiselle magazine in 1976.
A decade later, Smith, a native of Pennsylvania, opened the first of her three restaurants located in New York, Washington, DC, and the village of Sag Harbor on Long Island.
In 2001, the renowned New York restaurateur launched her first home decor collection for Bed Bath and Beyond, offering bedding, bath ensembles, rugs and paper products.
For several years Smith was the spokesperson for national retailers. She also authored three cookbooks.
In 2011, she appeared in the Off-Broadway play Love, Loss and What I Wore, co-written by Nora Ephron.
Her half-hour talk show B. Smith With Style aired on BET and Bounce TV networks. She also hosted a show on SiriusXM radio.
Smith married Dan Gasby in 1992. He was the executive producer of the Essence Awards and the senior vice president of marketing at Camelot Entertainment Sales Inc.
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Main photo article The husband of a former lifestyle guru appeared on TV with his new girlfriend where he revealed his wife gave him her blessing to date someone else.
Barbara Smith, 69, better known as B. Smith, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013 after suffering with the symptoms for four years.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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