«Breaking News» Simon Thomas posts emotional photo of nine-year-old son Ethan dozing off with a teddy bear

Former Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas has shared an emotional photo of his nine-year-old son clutching a teddy bear made from his late mother's dressing gown.

The 45-year-old posted the picture of his son Ethan on Christmas Day, with the caption 'Christmas Day done', after he had previously stated that he wanted the festive season to be 'good again' for the family, following the death of his wife Gemma last year.

More than 7,000 people liked the photo, with many sharing their condolences and praising Mr Thomas for gifting the bear to Ethan. 

Simon Thomas' son Ethan (pictured above) snuggled up to the specially made teddy bear 

Mr Thomas had previously posted a photo of the bear earlier in December, and had said it would be something that Ethan could 'treasure forever'. 

The toy was inscribed with the words: 'My darling Ethan, I love you with all of my heart and always will, your mummy xxx.' 

Mr Thomas, 45, and his son Ethan had their lives turned upside down when Gemma, 40, died of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) on November 24 last year. 

She had been diagnosed with the aggressive blood cancer just three days before her death. 

Last month, the widowed father-of-one revealed that he was in a new relationship, but said that he hadn't expected to be in one so quickly.

In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live in November, he said: 'I’m very aware she was someone I didn’t know before and have got to know over the last few weeks and months.

Gemma (centre) died last November and left behind Simon Thomas (right) and their son Ethan (left)

'Right from the early stages – she had this empathy towards me. She’s Christian as well and that’s important to me as a man of faith.'

He has also previously advised others on how to cope with grief following the death of a loved one and highlighted the importance of talking about that person.

'Talk about and remember the person who is no longer with you.

Simon Thomas posted a photo of Ethan cuddling up to the specially made teddy bear (pictured above)

'Don’t treat them like the elephant in the room because for me, all I want to feel free to do, is talk about Gemma.

'People talking about her isn’t painful, it isn’t insensitive, it isn’t somehow helping me, instead when people talk about her it reminds me in a comforting way of how special she was to so many people'.

 

 

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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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