Lauren Laverne‘s 20-year marriage to fellow DJ and television producer Graeme Fisher is a love story like something out of a fairy tale.
The happy couple first met in the early 2000s while they were both working on a pop television show.
Graeme was left smitten and invited Lauren to a gig on Valentine’s Day and from there the shoots of their blossoming romance were formed.
It was on their first date that Lauren would have her most memorable kiss, telling The Guardian in 2022: ‘He invited me to a gig and we both thought other people would come, but nobody did. We realised that it was Valentine’s Day and ended up getting together.’
As the BBC radio DJ, 46, now battles against cancer having revealed today she has been diagnosed with the disease, it will be Graeme who will be by her side in support as he has been for more than two decades.
Lauren Laverne ‘s 20-year marriage to fellow DJ and television producer Graeme Fisher is a love story like something out of a fairy tale
The happy couple first met in the early 2000s while they were both working on a pop television show. It was on their first date that Lauren would have her most memorable kiss. In 2022 she listed the above picture as one of her favourites
Mackem girl Lauren, 46, and Graeme wed in her native County Durham in 2005 in the same church as her parents.
They set up home in London with Lauren telling Red magazine in 2019 that she thought the pair were ‘really lucky and I’m glad we’re happy and we still get on well’.
‘But I’m not going to sit here and spout kernels of wisdom, because there might be people reading this going through a divorce thinking, ‘Lauren, shut up’,’ she said.
‘We’ve been together a long time and we get on great, but that’s not necessarily the goal for everyone.’
Graeme has previously worked on shows such as Face the Music: The Feeling (2008) and Rock School (2005) but left his job to become the primary carer of their children – Fergus, who was born in 2007, and Mack who arrived in 2010.
Talking to The Guardian, Lauren said: ‘My husband has gone from the job he was doing making TV programmes to being the main carer for our boys.
‘He has a fantastic relationship with them, we both muck in, and to be honest, it’s all a bit of a scramble.’
Lauren also once revealed how her husband is the one with the culinary skills in the family.
She has said: ‘My husband cooks. I’m learning, but slowly.’
Graeme and Lauren on a date night at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2021 to see the world premiere of James Bond film No Time To Die
Graeme left his job to become the primary carer of their children – Fergus, who was born in 2007, and Mack who arrived in 2010
Mackem girl Lauren, 46, and Graeme wed in her native County Durham in 2005 in the same church as her parents
She told the Evening Standard in 2008 how her home in the capital was her favourite place to be.
‘It’s in a part of London like the countryside, but with people and a Space NK at the end of the road,’ she said.
‘There was a naked woman outside Pizza Express last week, wearing a cowboy hat.’
On Instagram, Graeme sometimes gives an insight to their sweet relationship. He previously shared a snap of them on a date night at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2021 to see the world premiere of James Bond film No Time To Die.
In April he posted a picture of Lauren wearing a black outfit and sunglasses to wish her a happy birthday in which he spoke gushingly about his wife.
‘Happy Birthday to this totally AMAZING human,’ he wrote alongside a heart emoji.
Desert Island Discs host Lauren this morning told how she is expected to make a full recovery and said the disease had ‘thank God’ been caught early.
She bravely announced her cancer diagnosis by posting a picture of herself smiling in her hospital bed.
The mother of-two did not reveal the type of cancer she had been diagnosed with but said it had been picked up ‘unexpectedly’ during a screening test.
Lauren thanked the medical teams ‘who have got me this far with incredible skill and kindness’.
Breaking the news of her diagnosis, she wrote: ‘Right then, some personal news… I recently had a cancer diagnosis. It was (thank God) caught early and unexpectedly during a screening test and I am expected to make a full recovery.
Lauren today bravely announced her cancer diagnosis by posting a picture of herself smiling in her hospital bed
She urged others that might be ‘avoiding a test or putting off an appointment to get yourself checked out’ to ‘please, please do it today’ (Pictured here in June 2015 arriving to celebrate the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction at London’s Royal Festival Hall)
She took over on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs when Kirsty Young stepped away from her role for a brief period because of her fibromyalgia treatment
In an Instagram post, the 46-year-old star told fans from her hospital bed that she was expected to make a ‘full recovery’
‘I’m in hospital at the moment and wanted to take this moment to say thank you: Firstly to the medical teams who have got me this far with incredible skill and kindness.
‘To my family and friends who have been absolutely extraordinary every step of the way – I am so very grateful and love you so much. And of course thank you to my colleagues – including those at @itg_ltd, @bbc6music, @bbctheoneshow and #DesertIslandDiscs for their support – and for giving me the time off that I need to get better.’
She went on to urge others that might be ‘avoiding a test or putting off an appointment to get yourself checked out’ to ‘please, please do it today’.
‘Half of us will get cancer at some point, and if you do, finding out asap is everything,’ she said.
‘It’s usually my job to bring the good vibes on air but any you have to spare are very much welcome here. Sending loads of love to anyone in a similar boat, or who has made it back to shore. xxx’