Botox and cosmetic surgeries are a passion of Turner. Anthea Turner, 61 years old has now revealed an unconventional way to keep your youthful appearance.
It is all because she took a medication prescribed to one of her dogs.
Miss Turner said that the vet laughed at Miss Turner’s joke and suggested the collagen tablets would also be beneficial for her. While many might laugh at her comment, Miss Turner took the statement literally.
Anthea Turner (above) has revealed a rather less conventional method for maintaining youthful looks at the age of 61. Pictured in 2003 with Buddie and Digger
It is all because she took a prescription for one her dog’s medicine, according to the television presenter
The former Blue Peter presenter told Platinum magazine how in 1999 she took her puppies Digger and Buddie to Noel Fitzpatrick, now better known as TV’s Supervet.
‘When my golden retrievers were pups my vet, Noel Fitzpatrick – then a jobbing vet – detected in one of them a little bit of hip displacement,’ she said.
‘He recommended glucosamine and chondroitin to stop them getting hip dysplasia and arthritis.
‘Then he jokingly said I should be taking collagen too because, as we age, it’s something we lose from our faces as well as our joints.
‘So I began taking the same collagen tablets as the dog.’
Miss Turner was 39 years old at the time, and she presented the holiday program Wish You Were Here. She has now switched to a powdered supplement for dogs.
Collagen is an important protein for healthy joints, skin flexibility and joint health. Collagen is less easily replaceable as it becomes more degraded with time.
Of the benefits she felt from taking the supplement, Miss Turner said: ‘It’s not just about what it does to your skin and hair. It’s only now that I realise I never ache. I was definitely ahead of the curve thanks to Digger, Buddie and Noel Fitzpatrick.’
The actress posed with the dogs in 2008 for a Celebrity Pets Calendar and she has tweeted many times about the heartbreak that she felt over the years.
Miss Turner has been married twice, to Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell and then to businessman Grant Bovey – the couple famously used their 2000 wedding to plug a chocolate bar.
Seit 2019 she lives with Mark Armstrong.
Miss Turner spoke out last month to Lorraine Kelly, a TV host about plastic surgery. ‘I’ve had the boobies done and I swear by Botox. I still can frown. I haven’t looked really angry since I was 40 and my goodness, you know me, I’ve been angry. I can still laugh!’
The former Blue Peter presenter told Platinum magazine how in 1999 she took her puppies Digger and Buddie to Noel Fitzpatrick, now better known as TV’s Supervet