At the end of last year, presenter Henriette Bruusgaard (42) announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.
– I feel very vulnerable
Since then, Bruusgaard has shared updates about her cancer journey multiple times, including that the treatment has caused her to lose her hair.
In a new episode of the podcast “Chit Chat with Helle”, Bruusgaard opens up about a completely different difficult period in her life.
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- Presenter Henriette Bruusgaard (42) candidly shares about her breakup in the podcast “Chit Chat with Helle”.
- She talks about the challenges of balancing family life and career, and how the pandemic worsened the situation.
- The breakup with her ex-boyfriend was a difficult process.
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In 2013, the presenter met her ex-boyfriend, and during their time as a couple, they became parents to two children, an eight-year-old son and a six-year-old daughter.
However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple ended their relationship, and in the podcast, the 42-year-old honestly discusses the breakup.
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In the episode, Bruusgaard says that the focus shifted away from career and cultural life to family, home, and peace when she first fell in love with her ex.
– I think the reason we broke up is that I took a bit too big of a “turn”. I thought that all I wanted was kindness, goodness, security, and family. But he had nothing to do with the culture world, and probably didn’t really understand what kind of life I had lived. I believe that both he and I underestimated the different lives we had had, she says in the episode.
– Something was wrong
Bruusgaard shares that this was a difficult time in her life, even though the breakup did not happen overnight.
– It was a big defeat and incredibly sad. We both had to go through that process. I care for him a lot, and we care for each other, she says, adding that the breakup became a long process because they found it sad to lose the “family dream”.
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The breakup also affected her work life as a freelancer, and Bruusgaard explains that “everything just crumbled” in the end.
– Then came the pandemic, and we were in this breakup. Then I became sick and depressed. A lot happened then that I could tell, but it would be too much. That’s when I felt like I couldn’t handle it. I was really low, admits the presenter.
Bruusgaard has hosted TVNorge’s “Alt for Norge”, “Hvem kan slå Aamodt og Kjus?” and TV 2’s “Absolutt Underholdning”.
Dagbladet has been in contact with Henriette Bruusgaard, who does not wish to comment further on the matter.