Alex Jones says she dumped an ex-boyfriend on live TV over an Angelina Jolie interview

‘One Show’ host’s former partner had stolen a big career opportunity from her

Alex Jones has opened up about a break-up she had on live television.

Speaking on the latest episode of the podcast Thanks A Million with Angela Scanlon, the host of The One Show recalled how, when she was in her 20s, she was working as an entertainment correspondent on Channel 4’s breakfast programme Rise.

Jones said: “One day I was in Topshop on Oxford Street and the production company who made the show called the flat were we lived essentially and said, ‘We need to speak to Alex. Angelina Jolie is available for an interview and we need her to come and do it now.’

“And he said, ‘Oh, Alex is ill and she’s actually in Wales, but I could come.’ So off he went, I’m still in Topshop buying cheap jeans and shoes.”

Jones said the production company called her and organised for her to catch him out live on air.

She added: “I said yes, so on live telly I’m like, ‘You lied to me, where have you been?’ So yeah, not surprisingly, we split up live on telly!”

Jones said that the following six months were a “really dark time” but that it made her determined to have a successful career. “It taught me about how fickle our industry is, how tough you needed to be,” she said.

“It also taught me a lot about being in love with the wrong person and about how it can really damage you and damage your confidence.”