Matt Baker’s mum bursts into tears after being knocked over by sheep

Matt Baker’s mother bursts into tears as her son admits one of the reasons he quit The One Show was to spend more time back home after she was knocked over by a herd of sheep

Matt Baker has revealed one of the reasons he left The One Show – to spend more time with his family after his mother had an accident on their farm.

Matt’s mum Janice broke down in tears while filming Our Farm In The Dales for Channel 4.

She revealed that she suffered from a fall while tending to the farm’s herd of sheep, which saw them knock her to the ground.

Life changes: Matt Baker has revealed one of the reasons he left The One Show – to spend more time with his family after his mother had an accident on their farm

Matt then admitted he felt he needed to be back home more, so he can be there to help out his family.

Matt moved back to the Dales in Yorkshire to help out on the family’s 100-acre sheep farm – which is been followed by the TV series.

After Janice’s accident, the family were left concerned that they’d have to give up the farm entirely.

Matt, 43, told the series: ‘The Hampshire Downs [which are a breed of sheep] that we have bred here for years are big sheep. They are on the large end of the scale as far as sheep are concerned.

Traumatic: Matt's mum Janice broke down in tears while filming Our Farm In The Dales for Channel 4

Traumatic: Matt’s mum Janice broke down in tears while filming Our Farm In The Dales for Channel 4

The culprits: She revealed that she suffered from a fall while tending to the farm's herd of sheep, which saw them knock her to the ground

The culprits: She revealed that she suffered from a fall while tending to the farm’s herd of sheep, which saw them knock her to the ground

‘I think, now at the stage that you’re in and what has happened that – and this will be hard to hear as you’ve put so much effort into the flock that we’ve got – I just don’t think that they are the way forward, for you now.’

Janice replied, through tears: ‘It’s quite a strange feeling really, sitting here doing this in the sunshine. It’s the first time I’ve actually had to make a decision because of what’s happened.

‘It’s the right decision. I know it’s the right decision and you reach a time in your life when you think “I really can’t do this anymore”.

‘In that respect it’s sad, but in a good way, a fork in the road might mean good things will come from it in a different way.’

The good son: Matt admitted that it's hard for him to realise his parents aren't as young as they used to be

The good son: Matt admitted that it’s hard for him to realise his parents aren’t as young as they used to be

Janice said, through tears: 'It's quite a strange feeling really, sitting here doing this in the sunshine. It's the first time I've actually had to make a decision because of what's happened'

Janice said, through tears: ‘It’s quite a strange feeling really, sitting here doing this in the sunshine. It’s the first time I’ve actually had to make a decision because of what’s happened’

Matt admitted that it’s hard for him to realise his parents aren’t as young as they used to be.

He said: ‘It’s a really big deal for my mum. And it’s tough, you know. You get to a point in your life when you have to look after your parents and you have to do your best to make sure everything’s alright.

‘And that was always weirdly your parents’ role when you were growing up. Suddenly there’s that role-reversal. 

‘We’re going to spend a lot more time up here because work and things have changed for me and one of the reasons I stopped what I was doing was because I wanted to spend more time with my family and be here a lot more.

‘The timing of it couldn’t be any better. its strange the way the world words.’ 

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