{"id":5164,"date":"2025-05-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/?p=5164"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:43:30","slug":"emma-and-matt-willis-people-think-our-marriage-is-perfect-theyre-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/emma-and-matt-willis-people-think-our-marriage-is-perfect-theyre-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma and Matt Willis: \u2018People think our marriage is perfect \u2013 they\u2019re wrong\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matt and Emma Willis have opened up about therapy helping their marriage (Picture: Channel 4\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emma<\/a> and Matt Willis<\/a> have opened up about therapy helping their marriage ahead of a powerful BBC<\/a> docuseries.<\/p>\n

The former Big Brother<\/a> host, 49, and Busted star, 41, married in 2008 and share three children. Recently, Emma revealed that she’d undergone surgery<\/a> after discovering that she had a ‘hole in her heart’.<\/p>\n

During their time in the spotlight, the celebrity power couple has candidly opened up about difficulties they’ve faced, including in a 2022 documentary titled: Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, they’re teaming up with therapists to explore how they can help people navigate the challenges that modern life throws their way, and struggling with mental health conditions like anxiety.<\/p>\n

Change Your Mind, Change Your Life<\/strong> follows people across the country going to therapy \u2013 many for the first time \u2013 while Matt and Emma also share how it was beneficial for their own relationship.<\/p>\n

Emma admitted to Metro <\/strong>that while members of the public might think that their marriage is ‘perfect’, this is actually a big misconception.<\/p>\n

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The couple are fronting an important BBC docuseries about mental health (Picture: Anthony Harvey\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I don’t know if people have that opinion about us,’ Matt chimed in. ‘I got told that other people’s opinions are none of my business.’<\/p>\n

For Matt, having therapy has been a 20-year journey for him, as it’s been an ‘important part of his life’ since he was around 21 years old.<\/p>\n

‘Personally, I’ve had massive breakthroughs with therapy,’ he revealed.<\/p>\n

Then, a few years ago, when he and Emma went to couples therapy together, it was ‘the most incredible thing that’s happened in our marriage’.<\/p>\n

‘I think there’s a stigma attached to therapy. If you mention couples therapy, everyone thinks, \u201cOh, you’re in real trouble\u201d. And that wasn’t the case with us,’ he emphasised.<\/p>\n

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The couple married in 2008 and share three children together (Picture: David Fisher\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘We thought we were pretty good at communicating, but actually, turns out we weren’t so great. We maybe weren’t saying things that we should have been or weren’t saying things in the way that they would have been best said.\u2019<\/p>\n

Emma agreed, explaining that they’re ‘both quite sensitive’, and so they were conscious of ‘not wanting to hurt anyone’s feelings’.<\/p>\n

However, this fear prevented them from ‘talking about certain things’.<\/p>\n

‘If we\u2019d have talked about certain things, we’d probably have realised that it wouldn’t hurt the other one’s feelings, ‘ she stated.<\/p>\n

Emma initially started going to therapy following a suggestion from her husband. At the time, she had no idea how much she would need it, comparing it to her recent discovery that she had a hole in her heart.<\/p>\n

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