Nicola Sturgeon will break down in tears as she discusses her miscarriage on ITV's The Assembly, according to reports. She will speak about losing the baby that she believes would have made her a better mother. According to Daily Mail - Home, Nicola Sturgeon described how, when she started talking about the baby she lost to a miscarriage, the tears just started to flow and she didn’t think she was going to be able to stop.
The exact timing of the upcoming episode featuring Sturgeon has not been announced. Sturgeon opened up on being quizzed by the audience on The Assembly as being 'cathartic' but admitted she was left 'drained' from the line of questioning. According to Daily Mail - Home, Nicola Sturgeon described feeling exhausted and really drained, but in a good way, calling it a genuine rollercoaster of emotions.
There were a couple of points when I felt quite overwhelmed.
She also noted that the interview sparked more raw emotion in her than she has ever shown on TV before. The specific questions that led to this feeling remain unclear. Nicola Sturgeon served as the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 to 2023.
She suffered a miscarriage in 2011. According to Daily Mail - Home, Nicola Sturgeon described how, for a long time, her job meant she had to be serious and guarded, but this interview allowed for raw vulnerability with no spin. It is unknown whether other emotional topics beyond her miscarriage were discussed on the show.
For example, when I started talking about the baby I lost to a miscarriage, the tears just started to flow and I didn’t think I was going to be able to stop.
Stephen Fry revealed he faced an 'eye-watering' grilling about his sexual preferences while appearing on the ITV show The Assembly, according to reports. He will be among the first of a new run of celebrities to face The Assembly. The exact details of this questioning have not been disclosed.
Stephen Fry in 2024 opened up about how being gay felt like there was 'a horror inside him' when he was a teenager. Stephen Fry came out as gay in the late 1980s. He has been married to Elliott Spencer since 2015.
What I took from it was how cathartic it is to open up emotionally to a group of people with no agenda other than hearing honest answers – and to give my answers totally instinctively, without first putting them through the filter of how they might translate into hostile headlines.
Stephen Fry took part in the first series of the BBC spin-off of the Traitors last year. The full list of other celebrities appearing in the new series has not been released. The Assembly is made up of autistic, neurodivergent, and/or learning-disabled interviewers.
The Assembly is returning for a second series. According to Daily Mail - Home, Nicola Sturgeon described the experience as totally unique, with no agenda other than hearing honest answers, which she found cathartic to open up emotionally.
I felt exhausted and really drained, but in a good way. It was a genuine rollercoaster of emotions – one minute I’d be laughing and the next, crying.
This interview was different to anything I’ve done before - a totally unique experience. It sparked more raw emotion in me than I have ever shown on TV before, even in the most candid of the political interviews I’ve done over the years.
There was no spin; just raw vulnerability on both sides.
I am someone who naturally wants to wear my heart on my sleeve, but for a long time, my job and the kind of interviews I did meant that I had to be serious and guarded and keep my emotions in check.