According to WHO, John met Kelly in the years after her first husband, Jon Roe, was killed in a canoeing accident in Switzerland.
"She is a very resilient woman and quite inspiring to be around, someone who I look up to and who I have a lot of respect for," he told 9Honey.
From the start of their own relationship, the expert knew it was important to keep Jon's memory alive for Kelly."Rather than saying, 'No, I need to be separate with Kelly,' I just said, 'I’m going to bring her past partner into the relationship and really make him a part of it all'."