Working to try and put his troubled years
of drug problems and emotional turmoil
behind him, Jason is inspired by fatherhood.
Jason admits that the baby was not in
his plans, admitting that “it was a shock, (but) it’s the greatest
gift and asset of my life.” In the mid-90s, there were reports that Jason
was abusing drugs so severely that he collapsed. But Jemma has put paid to all
that. “Coming through my dark patch, this has given me a reason to get up
in the morning. Now I’ve got an absolute destiny in myself.”
A hands-on father, Jason stays with Angela for half of the week and shares the
responsabilities with his former girlfriend. And final proof, if needed, that
Jason has embraced fatherhood with gusto is his claim, “I love changing
nappies!” |
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EXCLUSIVE
on his joy at
becoming
a father
In the turbulent life of Jason Donovan,
this is the greatest high so far. As he works to try and put behind him
troubled years of emotional turmoil and drug problems, the former soap and pop
heart-throb, now 32, has become a father. Angela Malloch, who was Jason’s
girlfriend for nearly a year until they broke up last autumn, gave birth to
their daughter Jemma three months ago.
“I’m the luckiest woman in the world to have such a beautiful baby
girl,” says Angela, who met Jason when he was doing The Rocky Horror
Show: she was stage manager. “Although we may not be in the ideal
situation, thankfully Jason and I are very good friends and both just want the
best for our daughter.” |
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Jason with baby Jemma who was
born in late March and his actor
father Terry and Jemma’s mother
Angela. Although the news he was
to become a father came as a shock,
the pair share parental responsabilities.
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