{"id":137615,"date":"2025-05-28T03:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T03:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137615\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T03:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T03:38:13","slug":"ellie-simmonds-breaks-down-in-tears-over-her-birth-mothers-confession-as-her-moving-documentary-leaves-viewers-broken-hearted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137615\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Simmonds breaks down in tears over her birth mother’s confession as her moving documentary leaves viewers ‘broken-hearted’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellie Simmonds left viewers ‘broken-hearted’ with her emotional documentary on Tuesday, as she broke down in tears during a moving conversation with her birth mother.<\/p>\n

In the film, titled Should I Have Children?, the Paralympian explores her fears around becoming a parent, and what it would mean if she were to\u00a0have a child who inherits the genes for dwarfism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whilst on this journey of whether or not to become a mother, Ellie decided to contact her birth mother, and ask her why she decided to give her up for adoption.<\/p>\n

Ellie’s mother, whose identity has been protected by the swimmer, shared the abrupt way her condition was first revealed.<\/p>\n

She said: ‘We went to a geneticist and she was very abrupt, said ”There you go, that’s what your baby is going to look like.” I remember coming back thinking, I can’t cope with this.’<\/p>\n

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Ellie Simmonds left viewers ‘broken-hearted’ with her emotional documentary on Tuesday, as she broke down in tears during a moving conversation with her birth mother<\/p>\n

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In the film, titled Should I Have Children, the Paralympian explores her fears around becoming a parent (pictured during her childhood in the programme)<\/p>\n

Detailing the turmoil she suffered while giving birth to her daughter, Ellie’s mother added: ‘You’re physically not right, you’re mentally not right, it’s a hard time to make a decision about anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘There was a lot in the background going on. I’d given birth on my own.’<\/p>\n

Ellie’s mother then shared that her daughter’s disability became ‘all she should see,’ and said: ‘I grieved the child that I thought you should have been. It was absolutely horrendous. I left you and you were my baby. I just handed you over.’<\/p>\n

Breaking down in tears on the phone, she confessed: ‘You really could never get over the guilt. The guilt was horrendous. So you live with it all the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It’s something that you’ll have that you’ll never forget. I thought about you every day. I think sometimes it was quite cowardly, to be honest.’<\/p>\n

While Ellie was noticeably quiet during the exchange, she could be seen wiping away tears during the call.<\/p>\n

The entire conversation left many viewers moved, with some praising Ellie for her work on the show.<\/p>\n

Posts on X included: ‘This documentary is breaking me! @EllieSimmonds1 is so brave to speak out, and find out how things have changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Whilst on this journey of whether or not to become a mother, Ellie decided to contact her birth mother, and ask her why she decided to give her up for adoption<\/p>\n

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Ellie’s mother, whose identity has been protected by the swimmer, admitted her daughter’s disability was ‘all she could see’<\/p>\n

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The conversation left many viewers moved, with some praising Ellie for her work on the emotional documentary<\/p>\n

‘Such an inspirational woman, who has achieved so much – ‘there is ability in every disability’ Having a year 3 class at our school named after you is a privilege;’<\/p>\n

‘There are so many superlatives I could use to describe #EllieSimonds. She is such a beautiful soul, both inside and out. Her documentary is so informative and poignant. #ShouldIHaveChildren;’<\/p>\n

‘I LOVE @EllieSimmonds1! What a woman \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\u2764\ufe0f your documentary is something to be incredibly proud of, as is all of your work for people with disabilities #ShouldIHaveChildren;’<\/p>\n

‘Ellie Simmonds is breaking my heart #elliesimmonds;’<\/p>\n

‘#ShouldIHaveChildren amazing documentary well done #elliesimmonds \ufffd\ufffd so informative.’<\/p>\n

Following the call, Ellie seemed overcome with emotion, but later reflected on the exchange in a voiceover.<\/p>\n

She said: ‘It seems like she held that guilt for a long time. That’s sad isn’t it? We put a lot of pressure on the mum in society.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It’s amazing that she’s so honest and open talking about what she went through.’<\/p>\n

Ellie was\u00a0adopted by Steve and Val Simmonds when she was three months old, and grew up with four older siblings.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ellie Simmonds left viewers ‘broken-hearted’ with her emotional documentary on Tuesday, as she broke down in tears during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[92,77,3943,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-137615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114583378787279021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}