Call the Midwife actress Helen George was left heartbroken as she revealed her boyfriend had died after a devastating battle with leukaemia. The 42-year-old, who preferred to keep his identity hidden, shared that they were dating in 2025 when she learned he had cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Helen added that the very next day, she had to travel to the Bahamas to film the ITV series Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters.

"I had been dating someone who very suddenly got diagnosed with leukaemia," she told Mystic Mates podcast. "It was pretty serious from the start, and he knew. The next day after that happened, I had to fly out to the Bahamas to film the ITV shark documentary." The BBC star then admitted that, in between filming, she would call her best friend, podcast co-host Yvette Robinson, and "sob down the phone about this lovely, beautiful man".

The actress divulged that she uses clairvoyant readings to connect to her late boyfriend and claimed that he’s looking over her and "comes through" during the sessions.

Helen said: "I went to this clairvoyant last week and she said, 'This is your ex-boyfriend, and he died very suddenly after you started dating him. He's come into the room because he's not very happy about your situation.'"

She admitted this comment reduced her to tears as "it was wonderful to think this person, whom I didn't really know for that long, was there.

"He was angry that he'd left me looking for someone else and then finding someone else who wasn't suitable," the mum-of-two added.

After her boyfriend's death, Helen had a whirlwind romance with businessman Dan Innes, but split from him earlier this year, as a source claimed: "Their differences became apparent".

The Trixie star had been dating the property marketing agency boss since March 2025. He moved into Helen's west London home she shares with her two children, Wren Ivy, eight, and Lark, four, at the beginning of the year.

At the time, a source told The Sun that the pair "have gone their separate ways." Adding: "They had a whirlwind romance, but their differences became apparent. It has been a difficult time for them both."