Alistair Appleton Leads a Completely Different Life Away from the Cameras – The Story Behind the Escape to the Country Host Is Turning Heads
Alistair Appleton has been a much-loved member of the Escape to the Country family ever since he joined the BBC programme back in 2007, but how much do you know about the TV personality when he’s not presenting the popular show?
The star, who is also a therapist and meditation expert, is happily married to husband Daniel Martin, and the pair live together in Sussex with their pet pooch, Ben, and their adorable cat, Joni.
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Alistair Appleton is best known for presenting Escape to the Country
Although Alistair has kept his personal life mostly out of the spotlight, he has mentioned his partner on his social media and website a few times, including a sweet post on Instagram of Daniel which celebrated his husband’s successful pottery business.
Alongside a snap of his beloved and stunning creations at a local pottery fair, Alistair wrote: “So proud of my beautiful husband. @thepilgrimpotter This weekend is his first pottery fair.
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Alistair was super proud of his husband
“At the prestigious @townergallery no less, this weekend! After a mad rush with lots of explosions and triumphs – he’s here!! And it looks stunning.”
Shortly after, the Escape to the Country presenter marked Pride month by sharing a sweet selfie of the two along with a caption that read: “HAPPY PRIDE: It’s LGBTQ Pride in London this weekend (Brighton is later in the summer) but sending out pride and love to all my queer sisters and brothers.
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Alistair and Daniel live in Surrey
“Especially to the trans folk out there who are battling ugly bigots with bravery and grace. And the beautiful drag beings are the latest scapegoats of the idiot right? In many countries of the world, it’s not legal or safe to be proud of who you are as a queer being. Let’s never let the UK become one of those places again.”
Glimpses into Alistair’s private life shared with fans
Meanwhile, Alistair previously spoke about his husband on his website while offering free workout sessions during the coronavirus lockdown. In one post, he wrote: “My husband Daniel, a yoga teacher and I are offering free meditation and yoga to keep us grounded and happy during these extraordinary times. All welcome.”
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Alistair often offers fans glimpses of his personal life on social media
He added: “I am lucky to have found love and have a very understanding and supportive husband, Daniel… We’re currently in a 1930s French sea captain’s cottage in the port of Newhaven. And we live there with our very big dog Ben.”
It seems Alistair and his husband Daniel are very much aligned in their values, sharing a love of spirituality and practices like yoga.
Alistair is a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist and his website offers fans the chance to book a 1-1 coaching session, which he describes as “profound work that looks to free up the unhelpful patterns that build up over a lifetime”.
The star uses integrative psychotherapy and energy psychology to work with trauma. You can also book a meditation session with Alistair live on Zoom.
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Alistair shared this sweet post with his husband to mark Pride month
Alistair previously tweeted about his sexuality back in 2017 with a quote which read: “I am glad I am gay and that I suffered bullying for it because it allows me empathy for the bullied everywhere.”
Alistair is a man of many talents and spoke about training to become a psychotherapist back in 2012, telling Hampshire Live: “I loved that work so much that I started to get a bit disenchanted with all the crazy schedules of TV filming and I decided five years ago to re-train as a psychotherapist. That was the best decision of my life and I think I’ve hit my 40s in much better shape than I hit my 30s.”
SOURCE: HELLO MAGAZINE
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/505907/escape-to-the-country-meet-alistair-appletons-husband-daniel/
