Jonathan Ross reveals his rarely seen daughter Betty, 30, is currently using an electric wheelchair

Jonathan Ross has discussed his daughter Betty’s battle with fibromyalgia, saying she is currently using an electric wheelchair.

The chat show host, 62, opened up about Betty’s long-term illlness, revealing she can’t walk too far but has been ‘showing some improvement.

Betty, 30, also suffers from chronic fatique syndrome and Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) which causes an abnormal increase in the heart rate after sitting or standing.

Interview: Jonathan Ross has discussed his daughter Betty’s battle with fibromyalgia, saying she is currently using an electric wheelchair

Speaking on Friday’s Loose Women, Jonathan said: ‘She has fibromyalgia and she has chronic fatigue syndrome and POTS syndrome as well, which is where your heart rate shoots up.’

On Betty’s current treatment, he added: ‘We found a good… there’s a thing called the Perrin treatment. The guy who invented it, he came to talk to me about it and she looked it up online because she’s a smart young woman, so she has to want to do the treatment.

‘You know, I mean, I can’t just say to her ‘try this, try that’ if she thinks it’s wrong in some way and if she’s not going to enter it one hundred percent, of course it’s not worth doing. 

‘But we’ve been having that treatment going on and she’s definitely showing some improvement.’

Family: The chat show host, 62, opened up about Betty’s long-term illlness, revealing she can’t walk too far but has been ‘showing some improvement

Health: Betty, 30, also suffers from chronic fatique syndrome and Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) which causes an abnormal increase in the heart rate after sitting or standing

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Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body.

Aside from pain, other symptoms can include muscle stiffness, headaches and problems with mental processes, known as ‘fibro-fog’.

Jonathan, who is also father to Honey, 30, and Harvey, 28, with his wife Jane Goldman, revealed the impact it’s had on both his daughter and their family’s life.

He said: ‘She still can’t walk very far. We got her an electric wheelchair in the summer, so we can at least go out and go for walks with the dogs and that’s lifted her spirits a lot.

‘Because that’s the problem, if anyone out there who knows or who’s got someone with a long term illness, you know, it’s the depression. Being stuck indoors and not being able to join in with things because even stairs are a challenge to her.

Jonathan: ‘She still can’t walk very far. We got her an electric wheelchair in the summer, so we can at least go out and go for walks with the dogs and that’s lifted her spirits a lot’ 

Jonathan added: ‘If anyone out there who knows or who’s got someone with a long term illness, you know, it’s the depression’

‘So if we’re going out we have to give her plenty of time to get ready, get downstairs and then have a rest before we go to the next step, you know.

‘It does have an impact but the good news is she’s definitely showing improvement and feeling better in herself. So we’re relieved and we’re happy with that.’

Jonathan agreed with Loose Women co-host Kaye Adams who candidly admitted: ‘As a parent you just want to fix your children, don’t you?’

He said: ‘I’m terrible at that as well, even if my wife [Jane Goldman] tells me something’s wrong in her day, I have to try and remind myself that sometimes I just need to listen. 

‘Because as soon as she tells me something, I go ‘Well, I’ll phone this guy and I’ll do this’ and she goes ‘Okay, I don’t… I’m not interested, I just wanted to tell you I had this bad day.’

Jonathan said: ‘It does have an impact but the good news is she’s definitely showing improvement and feeling better in herself’ 

‘And I go ‘Well who did that and why…’ and sometimes we don’t communicate… Because my immediate instinct and I think this is common to a lot of people, men in particular, is if there’s a problem, fix it. 

‘Not – there’s a problem, share it. Because I don’t really want to be in an unhappy place ever.

‘So I really struggle and I have to remind myself that sometimes what she needs in a partner is someone to listen and share it. So it’s a learning thing.’

Jonathan jokingly added: ‘And I’m still a very young man, so I’ve got plenty of time… to master it!’

Appearance: Jonathan was interviewed by Kaye Adams, Frankie Bridge, Kelly Holmes and Denise Welch