The TV star has revealed the shock and fear after her 45-year-old husband collapsed with a heart attack while the couple were renovating their Spanish home

Jasmine Harman’s horror as husband suffers sudden heart attack during filming (Image: channe 4)

TV presenter Jasmine Harman has spoken out about the terrifying moment her husband Jon, 45, suffered a sudden heart attack during filming of their Spanish property renovation. The A Place In The Sun favourite revealed it all happened while the couple were working on their new home abroad, and described the incident as “the worst moment” of her life. A Place In The Sun star Jasmine and Jon, who have two children – Joy, 12, and Albion, nine – have been documenting the trials and tribulations of renovating their home in Estepona in a new daily Channel 4 teatime series.

But in today’s episode the building works took a devastating twist when he was filmed being rushed to hospital after falling ill. And in dramatic scenes that aired this afternoon, Jon was told by doctors he had suffered a heart attack. Earlier in the episode, Jasmine’s husband had already shared how heart issues run in his family. Tragically, in 2016, his sister Jo died unexpectedly at the age of 40 from sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.

Jasmine reveals Jon is now thankfully on the mend (Image: channel 4)

It was then a few weeks later in May he suffered his own heart attack.

Recalling the moment Jon, now 46, started to feel poorly in May when the attack happened, Jasmine says: “We’d just had lunch and he said he started to feel funny and strange.

“He went to lie down but he then started to get very agitated and said there was a tightening in his chest,” she told The Mirror.

“He was having a bit of trouble breathing and everything that was touching him was annoying him. I immediately called the ambulance as soon as he said he felt funny.”

In January, Jon had broken his left leg playing padel tennis and he then went on to develop thrombosis during his recovery. She says, despite the added worry of knowing he had thrombosis, she didn’t panic.

Jasmine continues: “As he had thrombosis from the leg break, it was obviously scary but I don’t know why, something inside me was saying: ‘don’t panic, it’s going to be fine’. I was very calm.”

Once they arrived at the Spanish hospital, doctors were quick to reassure Jon. “They told us he’d had a mild heart attack and immediately started doing some tests,” she explains.

“With Jon’s family history, he’d already been having regular screenings. Now they are doing more investigations and keeping an eye on him. He’s on medication and they will continue to do regular monitoring.”

Jasmine says the ordeal has made her not sweat the small stuff. “It’s definitely taught me a lot about how responses shape our experience to whatever happens,” she adds.

Jasmine revealed Jon is now thankfully on the mend but she confides the worrying encounter has made her completely reassess her life – especially after losing several close pals, including fellow A Place In The Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin.

Jasmine, who turns 50 this week, added: “Jon is fine now and he is back working. I know this sounds strange but even with the background of what could have happened and worrying he could have died; it makes you feel lucky he just had a mild heart attack and everything is fine.”

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