Peter Andre has candidly admitted that he is 'thinking about death' more and more. The 53-year-old singer, known for hits like 'Mysterious Girl', was inspired by recent comments from Dame Joanna Lumley, who turned 80 on May 1.
In his column for new! magazine, Andre wrote: 'Joanna Lumley is 80, can you believe it! In the run-up to her milestone birthday, she made some big comments about how she wanted to embrace death as much as life. I really admire that because it can’t be fun knowing that time is running out.'
The father of five, who has children Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, with ex-wife Katie Price, and Millie, 12, Theo, eight, and two-year-old Belle with wife Emily MacDonagh, added: 'I still feel very young and energetic, but I think about death a lot more now than I did as a kid. In 40 years I’m going to be 93, the same age my dad is now. It’s a scary thought. But you have to enjoy the here and now.'
Dame Joanna, who was awarded the OBE in 1995 and promoted DBE in 2022, told the Radio Times she views mortality as a 'friend who’s waiting around' rather than a 'colossal enemy'. The Absolutely Fabulous star also credited her vegetarian diet for her youthful appearance, saying: 'I do believe that not eating meat holds back the ageing process.'
