New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Granddaddy Jason ‘I’VE GOT MY JOY BACK!’

If there’s one value that Jason and Janine Morrell-Gunn strive to uphold, it’s authenticity. The golden couple of children’s TV have always kept things real and today’s no different, whether they’re teasing one another about their mutual love of talking or laughing about what they wore for the Weekly shoot.

“Trust me, I’ve had 30 years of this,” quips Jason of being dressed in something out of his comfort zone.

“I’m laughing because Janine looks like a billion dollars and I’m like, hey, I’m just heading off to the beach!”

The presenter is typically upbeat today, but when he found himself in an uncharacteristically moody place two years ago, it was the couple’s 18-year-old son Louis who helped him make a life-changing decision. At the time, Jason was hosting a radio show on More FM and

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