Legendary newsreader Jan Leeming talks about her womanising husbands | Best Magazine

[@janleeming6800]

Am surprised at how many of you kind folk have watched the Podcast. If you are interested in more of my life - warts and all😀 I wrote my Autobiography in 2003 and more recently recorded it as a Podcast which is on Apple, Spotify and other channels. Thank you very much for your kind comments.

[@kensington25]

Hello Jan, I have so many fond memories as a young boy seeing you read the news on the BBC growing up in England. I read your autobiography about 20 years ago which was brilliant. I was interested to read that you were one of the first women newsreaders on Australian television. I now live in Sydney, Australia but this excellent interview brings back so many memories.

[@uksalesmanager]

This was a fascinating and illuminating podcast Jan; it is inordinately refreshing to watch and listen to someone who was not only in the public eye for so long, not least because you come across as being so refreshing and unpretentious! You have that almost undefinable quality that many people aspire to but so few possess - true class!

[@aliceinwonderland.2080]

I remember Jan Leeming in her youth when she read the news but I cannot believe this lovely lady is now 82 - she looks at least 20 years younger! She’s so graceful ,eloquent and charming and my goodness, how honest! I can’t say I think the interviewers or the setting are befitting for an intimate conversation such as this one- there is Jan perched on a high, uncomfortable looking stool - where’s the nice sofa and a drink? The fact that she’s been single for so long is probably why she looks so marvellous!!

[@margaretknight8690]

She looks amazing and is full of energy！

[@BarryRudge]

I loved listening to this with Jan Leeming talking about her history with men. Such a shame when I consider I am almost 5 yrs younger had have been happily married for over 60 yrs.

[@Kirbygal55]

This is so interesting. I guess society is geared for couples and when you are on your own you become very aware of the difference in the way you are spoken to and treated.

[@dollydimple-ek3ex]

Love the lady..Jan Leeming&looks fabulous..👌👍great therapist too.

[@rosebarry]

I met Jan Leeming and she is delightful.

[@kensington25]

A wonderful interview with a wonderful woman. Fond memories of Jan on television and of her autobiography.

[@luciacairn7428]

By far the best of these podcasts, I do hope you have her back again to continue what has been a very interesting discussion.

[@cocofoster5505]

Watching from Australia and a long admirer of Jan. Lovely energy and a good heart. Also an empath which is a target for the dreaded Narcissist. Wish I had thicker skin to navigate the disappointments of life. We all live in hope of finding that special someone even if fiercely independent as I am in my 60's. A good relationship is so life enhancing and as Jan says as we age the companionship is so important as we have time and perhaps the funds to enjoy life, travel etc.

[@janleeming6800]

Thank you. I don't NEED a man as someone suggested - and certainly not financially - always have been financially independent and invariably I was the one who had a home into which my man moved. It would be good to have a companion so that I could plan holidays and trips to the theatre etc.

[@Learnandgrow-n3o]

@@janleeming6800 If you just want somebody as a companion for holidays, trips to the theatre etc you should get a lovely Gay handsome man for that (if you do, tell me where you got him will you?)

[@ianardo]

@@janleeming6800 The word "need" is interpreted differently these days in the dating world. Many men like to feel "needed", but this can be in quite trivial ways. Maybe just to change light bulbs in the house or hold doors open or fix the car :) The ladies might interpret "need" as in survival, whether that is financial or emotional. One of the biggest barriers in dating, is correctly understanding what the other person is really seeking, although a lovely empath such as yourself is well predisposed to understand and listen :)

[@heidilewis9053]

She's such a lovely person, can't believe she has been so unlucky with her husbands cheating

[@gardenroom65]

Why did she keep marrying?

[@fanfeck2844]

Yes, is it really possible to be that unlucky

[@theofarmmanager267]

I’ve never met the lady and so am speaking theoretically. Perhaps someone can appear to be one thing and can maintain that charade for a long period of time but, eventually, the true self will prevail. Perhaps someone can have a pub lit personae but be very different in private. That could apply to both men and women. Does a man or women get married thinking or knowing that they will not be faithful? Is there something in the marriage that causes the man or women to break their vows?

[@georgecouch1762]

Unfortunately it's the world we're in

[@trevorflarty1811]

I always fancied,Jan.She's eternally gorgeous.

[@janleeming6800]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@AlexLindley-u5f]

Jan- You were the Sunshine when the News came On !!😃and still Shining Brightly !. You are Good News !!😃 I always said - Jan Gleaming is On !!😁

[@annefinley5596]

I have experienced all of this like Jan , for years I thought it was me and my fault. After many years of soul searching I now realise they were no good for me . Thankyou Jan for being so honest , wonderful lady you are

[@bevjohnson5280]

Because women want a tall, dark and handsome trophy on their arm, and will reject a perfectly good man, because he is none of those things .

[@Treviscoe]

@@bevjohnson5280 Some women do, it is true.

[@lisaupnorth7696]

How have I only just found this podcast?! I absolutely love it. Watched Tamsin (love her) and this lovely lady.. honestly listening to this lady with so much wisdom and the fact she tells it like it is, these are the best conversations.

[@beverleyroberts1025]

Jan must have met the wrong men, and there's plenty of them! But not only is she still a very pretty lady, she's very intelligent and holds a good conversation. Gosh they must have been fools those men to let her go! 🌸

[@mindfuleats4517]

She looks amazing

[@martinwindley2221]

Met Jan in Canterbury, lovely lady.

[@Lindsey-bm1mt]

Wow. She's absolutely lovely ❤

[@darthgardner]

Jan has so much within in her personality that cannot always be found,ive been glued to this interview and can say not all older men want a younger woman as in say 10..20 yrs younger as an example. im 60 and feel i could be happy 6 yrs either side of my age. she picked up on a narcisstic person she dated well ive been stung the same and had similar outcomes so it can make you less keen for the future.

[@susanjackson6972]

This was absolutely brilliant and fascinating - and the life coach is amazing! She’s taught me a lot - thank you 😊

[@sooticablue1664]

82 WTF! That shock aside I actually Jan looks the best she’s ever looked! Stunning! I love this lady to bits. ❤

[@kathleennye262]

Wow she does look good. 5 times married?

[@brianwebb191]

Jan where have you been all my life? I must say you are still as fit as you have ever been, All the very Best Jan, x

[@willjones4085]

Can you do another interview sometime soon Jan...look at all the love in the room for you here! 🥰

[@misswendy7298]

What a great discussion.

[@sallyjones9702]

I think I must be very odd. I married once, he was consistently unfaithful, consistently gas lighted our daughter and I and he was completely blindsided when I told him I was leaving him. That was 17 years ago and I never dated again. I love being on my own, Sundays are the best. If I want company I can go for lunch with friends then go home alone. No regrets and as Maya Angelous character in one of her books said “ why would you put beans up your nose twice”!

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

Wow I cannot believe Jan is 83 she looks more my age 63 always thought she was The prettiest female newsreader and she still is even today for me I remember the lightbulb blowing up live on telly as she was Reading the news I think it was on the Saturday lunchtime she almost jumped out of her skin but still continue in a very professional way She always come across as being very angelic and she still is today and all of them foolish men obviously didn’t understand or realise what a True Treasury they had four she is an absolute wonderment of a woman 🙏❤️

[@wernerthiel8138]

What a love lady

[@MelliaBoomBot]

having grown up with JL reading the news, now I see and listen to her (and Im of a certain age now!), Im thinking I want to know more about JL all of a sudden. She sounds fascinating. I wonder if she has thought about doing a YT channel?! smashing.

[@chrisst8922]

Defo always fancied Jan Leeming. 😀

[@Magical_Makeup_UK]

I love these !

[@Kris-v7p]

Please get jan back for a part 2!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@simonwhittam1061]

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[@biba350]

Jan Leeming Beautiful vibrant Lady

[@Mayaxxxxxx]

Love this episode!! Deep talking and insights. ❤ This coach is good too. 🤩 Empaths or Highly Sensitives Souls need to put up very high and firm boundaries in every relationship, otherwise they end up being the giver and end up with no self esteem. 🙏🏼 ❤️‍🩹

[@jowar1949]

More like they need to find a soulmate.

[@juneingram1130]

I really enjoyed listening to this

[@christopherdavies3079]

I’ve seen Jan out and about in my area many times over the years and I will always remember the lovely smile that she gave me once when I went to see the actor John Challis , Boycie in Only Fools and Horses one man show at Astor Theatre ,Deal and I could feel someone looking at me and so I turned around and was amazed / surprised to see this lovely lady giving me a beautiful smile and it was Jan Leeming and I think she was attracted to the nice Joe Browns shirt that I was wearing that night

[@Treviscoe]

Good for you! What was John Challis's one man show like?

[@christopherdavies3079]

@@Treviscoe Thank you 🙏It was absolutely wonderful and I had probably the best seat in the theatre centre front row and it was like he was performing in my lounge .. I Definitely would have gone again to see him had he not passed away which was a shock as he was really on form with his career stories .

[@deerheart87]

Wow good for her ❤❤❤❤

[@brendanicola4692]

And I also, had a similar encounter with Omer, and at that time he was 22 years older than me….❤

[@richardmabe4186]

If only more people learnt how to be content within themselves. Then being alone becomes a pleasure. There would be much less divorce and upset.

[@humbertlegall3968]

Love you jan a legend ❤

[@PhilippaJones-x4q]

I's love to know where Jan got her jumper from. What a lovely lady, always very ladylike.

[@janleeming6800]

Sorry Philippa - bought it years ago so very much doubt you'd still be able to buy one. The maker was Maria Bellatani - can't even remember where I bought it possibly a little shop in Sandwich. Thank you for the compliment

[@dkane2067]

Dear Jan Sorry for your troubles with your relationships you are obviously very empathetic and narcissists are drawn to this, I could write a book on them lol 😂 I expect you have or will ! I’ve been at the receiving end of narcissists in relationships so I completely understand. Anyway sometimes we are better on our own, all the very best to you Debra xx

[@sparky6612]

The relationship expert was so correct about Omar Sharif, he was a big gambler playing cards.

[@janvas7690]

Moral of these experiences is Don’t get married! Are you nuts! Why marry!

[@griswald7156]

We and our cat met Jan on the beach…..

[@davemellor4697]

82? Blimey she is not bad at all......would i? yea i recon i would

[@trevordaviesable]

I’m 82 , lives in Montpellier and still fully functioning. Jan Leeming might be interested then again she might not !

[@janleeming6800]

Hallo. You probably won't pick this up. But where there's life there's hope 🤣Don't usually look at comments as there are bound to be some nasties. Tell me more about yourself. If you go to my website you will see my email address.

[@robertcrowther6134]

Stil a very beautiful woman

[@julianchambers8372]

Hi Jan, you just haven`t found the right guy. I have lived alone for 20+ years and had the same experiences many encounters with women but never the right one. It has to go beyond the initial attraction. As guy we have had the same scenarios. Its no easy as I see it its not what one is prepared to accept but what one is not prepared to accept. Which ever its not easy at our time of life. Stay safe. J

[@yamark02]

Having worked with 300 + females for 35 years. One recurring theme re female relationships? Money and attracted to the bad boy. I've lost count of the number of times I've heard females say 'he was too nice' for a reason to go back to the guy who'd treated them badly. My ex wife left me with our disabled son 35 years ago. The guy walked out on his wife and 3 small children. I've dated 2 women since. Both left for men with money. One even asked if she could still see me. I've not bothered since.

[@janleeming6800]

So sorry to hear your sad tale. I can honestly say that I have never been a gold digger and most of my men have contributed almost nothing to the household and housekeeping. Often I was the one with a home and they moved in. My last horrendous rebound marriage left me far worse off financially than I was when I went into the marriage. Believe me, not all women look for the money. Good luck.

[@yamark02]

@janleeming6800 Remember even back at school. Girls were more attracted to the troublemakers. You mentioned yourself the pheromones. Nature or nurture? Hunter gatherers? I've been asked out numerous times in the past years, including a social worker who was assigned to my son. I turned them down. Lost all trust. Plus, I've the added problem (for them) of having my now 38 year old son with me, who'll I'll look after as long as able. He's getting scared though as I age, as he's enough about him to know he'll be alone. My own immediate family died many years ago. Ex wife has never shown any interest in him. There's the people who say you make your own luck. Not true. I volunteered 5 years at the Citizens Advice which proved that. Anyone can fall on hard times.. You seem to have a good circle of friends, and a comfortable life. Relationships not the be all and end all. Volunteering brought that home, there's people who really do have it hard. All the best for the future.

[@ivaweir2899]

If you are uncomfortable alone in a restaurant simply order room service. A seafood platter and a glass of champagne enjoy the view and reflect on how lucky you are to have this day and experience it wont happen again and most of us cannot afford Lizard island luxury.

[@KeithFoad]

Jan, sorry to say you just pick the wrong ones. It's not your fault, but with men. If they think or believe a woman is a soft touch, that soft touch can be construded as a form of weakness in a woman, and a very devious man will play on that. You will be used and treated badly by a man. He will get fed up with you and look around for someone else. But there is hope. Don't rush eargly in. Take your time . Try to sus that man out, find out what his true In tensions are.

[@carolburke9153]

Jan could teach the "expert" a thing or two ... I ask you !

[@janleeming6800]

Possibly. Always felt I'd make a good Agony Aunt - I've been there, seen it, done it as they say.

[@annofcleavers5791]

Narcissists have a habit of hoovering you,they are repulsive creatures who behave like a cat terrorising a mouse before killing it.

[@griswald7156]

Mission impossible……divorce is not nice…but to keep the thrill of romance one must find a reason to do the dump/meet cycle…when you get to know anybody well the fantasy always dies…after the honeymoon period..

[@chrislee2221]

English and i live in France ❤

[@janleeming6800]

Lucky you. I'd give a lot to live in France but friends who recently settled there said the paperwork is a nightmare. Being a single woman is difficult anywhere - the world seems geared to couples. Perhaps I just haven't got the confidence to move. Should have done it 20 years ago - a lot less trouble before the wretched Brexit. Even visiting my friends in Provence is now fraught with extra problems such as the Eurostar no longer stopping at Ashford - means I would have to take a longish train journey up to London only to come back down on the same line😄

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

@@janleeming6800 you are a true wonderment of a woman ❤

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

@@janleeming6800

[@alanwood4968]

Do you look at what you are doing wrong from the start.?

[@willjones4085]

Clearly taken good care of her health, would easily pass for 60...a very fanciable octogenarian!

[@janleeming6800]

Many thanks and have taken care of my health. Never smoked or taken drugs.

[@willjones4085]

@@janleeming6800 You've still got it Jan, have never said "fanciable octogenarian" before...am a very athletic 62-year old if you ever require company! 😜

[@peterbalac1915]

​@@willjones4085🙄desperate Dan.

[@willjones4085]

@@peterbalac1915 Get a life fella, it's only a bit of fun...maybe try it sometime!

[@misscoutts6193]

That would be a grey haired sixty year old librarian type!

[@maureenmcgreevy3866]

Sorry, but who are the presenters? 😊

[@alisonb4503]

That's what I'd like to know. They didn't introduce themselves!

[@sam.s4998]

Tim Vincent, not sure of the female presenter.

[@maureenmcgreevy3866]

@@sam.s4998 She looks familiar 🤔

[@patriciadevlin5121]

They should have Janet Street Porter on; she has had a few marriages. Colleen Nolan 😮

[@rosiebottom3870]

Please no, not Colleen - she'll be making monotonous jokes about her bosum😢

[@niguel4438]

Still totty

[@UtubeRwokeLefties]

Bad Boy syndrome?

[@grahamhill9499]

Lovely woman , old Cockermouth

[@1Thedairy]

Omar Sharif all the young women loved him in the ‘70’s but then you realise that looks are not enough when you get older. Where’s the personality and the fun?

[@janleeming6800]

He had the looks but also the charisma and personality.

[@chrisbrader7720]

Married 5Times!!!…Really not her!😂

[@janheffernan4792]

You look 83🎉

[@owent1166]

She’s the common denominator, she isn’t unlucky. She’s selecting them. Therapy can help.

[@janleeming6800]

It goes both ways - I never chased them - they selected me

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

@@janleeming6800 they selected you because you’re top of the pile and they are men that like to control women at the top gives them an ego boost and makes them feel empowered because inside they are week you are strong and that’s what they go for strong intelligent good-looking high-profile women ❤

[@davidbaber5445]

Five marriages,says a lot about her....lol 😂

[@davidnoble1058]

Five husbands and its all their fault.

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

She never blames them she actually blamed herself if you actually listen to the interview she isn’t looking to blame anybody she’s just saying it didn’t work but then again if somebody hits you or cheats on you or is a narcissist that is not your fault that is what is inside of them if you get an orange and you squeeze it you will only get orange juice you won’t get apple juice you won’t get paid use you’re only get orange juice because that’s what’s inside an orange so what is inside of all the men that she married was inside of them before she married them but they obviously hid it well because narcissists especially highly intelligent ones are very good at hiding their true colours until they get you under their spell so to speak and it’s very difficult to break away from it and they know that that’s why they’re narcissist and they only go for intelligent good looking beautiful inside and out women because they want to control them because it gives them an ego boost to control the very best you don’t want to control someone who is weak down the bottom of the pile they want to control somebody that is at the top of the pile somebody like jan because to them it is a challenge and the person becomes a trophy that’s why the guy keeps emailing her after all these years because they want to keep control and they want to keep their trophy if you’re going to make comments you’ve got to look from both sides nobody is perfect but nobody deserves to be hit or cheated on and the person that hits you or cheats on you must have that inside of them otherwise they wouldn’t do it it’s as simple as that 🤔

[@trevorclarey3336]

You are not " suddenly single " at 82 years of age

[@martinsmith500]

Bert Weedon wasn't good looking

[@steveTaw]

Must be something wrong with her if she’s been married so many times.

[@jowar1949]

No. It was something wrong with the men. She is lovely.

[@jaktag]

She likes wedding cake 😝🤣

[@janleeming6800]

You can't keep a womaniser. As I said in the podcast - a man may have steak at home but still goes looking for mincemeat. The cheated one is usually the last to know.

[@misscoutts6193]

No man would look twice at her now. Obsessed with career springs to mind. Feminist.

[@janleeming6800]

Unless you are privy to all the circumstances, I suggest you should not stand in judgement. I got nothing from most of my marriages except heart ache and was invariably left financially worse off then when I entered the marriage.

[@janvas7690]

Feel so sorry that you never learned to live without a man also never learned to set boundaries in a relationship! Sounds that you’ve been so dependent on a man that you give that vibe and thus lack of respect!

[@janleeming6800]

Not dependent ever - financially as I've usually been the one who had a heavily mortgaged home😆. I like to be part of a couple and am a home maker.

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

@@janleeming6800 🙏❤️

[@gardenroom65]

Chris Russel was awful.

[@Bought_by_the_blood]

Chris Russel went from Jan to my sister in law Christine. I can remember her telling me all about being in love with him and that he’d been married to Jan Leeming. I’m not sure if he cheated with Christine behind Jans back. Christine died over a decade ago so I can safely and sadly say that she was horrible to me and ate men for breakfast.

[@janleeming6800]

That is an understatement. I've learned so much about him in the last 24 years and none of it complimentary. He targeted me and thought I was wealthy. I had nothing but my heavily mortgage home which was to have been my pension fund.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

​@@janleeming6800It's sad that being nice often leads to others taking advantage - oh well, you still look and sound so lovely!

[@gardenroom65]

Jan lemming was not innocent but Chris Russell was worse!

[@janleeming6800]

Was your sister in law a divorcee from Tunbridge? So sorry to hear that your sister in law was horrid to you. Yes he serially cheated on me. I was totally unaware of his infidelity but was getting suspicious of all the evening meetings he had at school. Because I didn't live in the area and was in a very bad emotional state I simply didn't know him well enough. Have had so many people coming to me with tales of his infidelity. He was a serial womanizer. And who got it in the neck from the press etc when he left - Me. He was heavily in debt when I married him (Lord knows how as he was on a salary I could only have dreamed about). In 1997 you couldn't have 2 mortgages so I had to sell my house in order to cover his loan, overdraft and negative equity and then put down 50% of the deposit. He left me high and dry. The house in Bucks was to have been my pension pot - and now is worth about 2 million. I would have been laughing. I don't know how the local Press never cottoned on to his serial infidelity.

[@brendos5289]

Wedding cake addict.

[@janleeming6800]

Don't even like wedding cake😀 Only had it once at first marriage.

[@AnthonySmall-z3z]

@@janleeming6800 good for you to be honest it wasn’t even worth a reply ❤

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