Derrina Jebb is a church minister’s daughter who works as a solicitor in the litigation department for London legal firm Ingram Winter Green. Last year, she and Thomas celebrated her achievement of becoming a fully qualified lawyer.
Thomas wrote on Instagram that it was “a proud day as I got to see my wonderful wife finally admitted to the Law Society”.
Her profile for Ingram Winter Green says that she “specialises in fraud, media and insolvency litigation and has acted in reported High Court cases” and that she “advises insolvency practitioners, directors and creditors on corporate and personal insolvency cases”.
Prior to his marriage to Jebb, Thomas was married to his first wife Gemma for 12 years, before she passed away suddenly in 2017 at the age of 40, three weeks after she was diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia.
Thomas revealed that the two were dating in November 2018, with the former Blue Peter presenter saying on BBC Radio 5 Live: “Right from the early stages, she had this empathy towards me. She’s Christian as well and that’s important to me as a man of faith.
“She’s been an incredible support for me. She was the only person who would always pick up the phone. What I saw in her, I saw in Gemma. When she said my phone is always on, she meant it.”
He later revealed that it was this openness about his first wife’s death that led him to be more private with his second marriage.
He went on to explain that they had originally planned to get married on New Year’s Eve 2020, however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, were forced to reschedule.
Thomas and Jebb eventually tied the knot on 3 June 2021, at Norwich Cathedral.