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Jess Impiazzi has revealed how she encouraged her boyfriend Jermaine Pennant to get tested for ADHD since she could tell 'something wasn't right'.

The actress and ex reality star, 33, claimed the former footballer's recent diagnosis has 'changed his whole life' and that he now listens to her more, instead of being 'irrational or impulsive'.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline at the Inspiration Awards For Women just a week after the 40-year-old's announcement, she said: 'He actually was diagnosed in July because I noticed something wasn't right with him.'

EXCLUSIVE: Jess Impiazzi has revealed how she encouraged her boyfriend Jermaine Pennant to get tested for ADHD since she could tell 'something wasn't right' (pictured on Friday)

EXCLUSIVE: Jess Impiazzi has revealed how she encouraged her boyfriend Jermaine Pennant to get tested for ADHD since she could tell 'something wasn't right' (pictured on Friday)

'Obviously, with his behavior in the past.... I was like, "Let's just get checked. There's something not quite right."'

In 2005, Jermaine was jailed for three months for drink driving while disqualified after crashing his friend’s Mercedes into a lamppost.

After 30 days in prison he was released and his club Birmingham City stood by him. He became the first player to play in the Premier League with an electronic tag on his ankle.

He also admittedly blew his fortune on dodgy investments, lost three houses and fell into bankruptcy due to his money problems and forgot he owned a £1.2m house in Cheshire. 

Couple: The actress and ex reality star, 33, claimed the former footballer's recent diagnosis has 'changed his whole life' (pictured in December 2022)

Couple: The actress and ex reality star, 33, claimed the former footballer's recent diagnosis has 'changed his whole life' (pictured in December 2022)

Jess continued: 'I've got a family member that has it and I was noticing things. "I was like, "OK, let's just go and talk to therapist and the doctor."

'Anyway, it changed his life when he got the diagnosis. He was able to focus, he figured out the reasons why he had done things in the past.

'As soon as you could figure that out, you can kind of stop because you don't know what you don't know, right? So now he's, he's focusing.

'The minute he thinks of being irrational or impulsive, he can go, "Hang on, that's my ADHD." He has his medication and he will listen to me more, I'll be like, "Jermaine this is a bit of your ADHD here, so let's just have a chat first," and he's like, "OK, yeah, OK."

Candid: Jermaine recently revealed he felt like a 'lunatic' for making a string of destructive decisions before being diagnosed (pictured on Friday)

Candid: Jermaine recently revealed he felt like a 'lunatic' for making a string of destructive decisions before being diagnosed (pictured on Friday)

'But it's changed his whole life. His work's going amazing, his focus is much better and I'll let him play on his F1 game when he needs a bit of headspace."

Jermaine recently revealed he felt like a 'lunatic' for making a string of destructive decisions before being diagnosed.

He appeared on Friday's Good Morning Britain to discuss his 'life-changing' diagnosis and admitted that it helped him make sense of his past decisions. 

While insisting that he couldn't 'make excuses' for his behaviour he shared his sadness at not being diagnosed until now because it would've made his relationships, work and life easier, noting he's now 'happier than I've ever been.'

ADHD is a behavioural condition defined by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness.  

Speaking about his diagnosis, Jermaine said: 'It's life-changing because I would ask myself so many questions over the years. "Why do I leave destruction in my path?" Or "how have I got myself in certain situations?"

'I just thought it was down to me just being a lunatic or just not well and having serious issues but not actually identifying what they were.

'I was just going round-and-round in circles, making the same mistakes and telling myself 'I know that I'm not a bad person but why am I doing this?'

WHAT IS ADHD?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

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