{"id":740233,"date":"2026-06-16T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/740233\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:42:12","slug":"towies-jess-wright-issues-urgent-warning-to-parents-after-son-went-blue-after-horrendous-bouncy-castle-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/740233\/","title":{"rendered":"Towie\u2019s Jess Wright issues urgent warning to parents after son \u2018went blue\u2019 after \u2018horrendous\u2019 bouncy castle accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/towie\">The Only Way Is Essex<\/a> star Jess Wright has issued an urgent warning after <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/jess-wright-son-bouncy-castle-accident-b2993245.html\">a bouncy castle accident left her four-year-old son unable to breathe<\/a> and \u201ctraumatised\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Wright was with her son, Presley, at another child\u2019s birthday party when the freak accident took place two weeks ago. <\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Tuesday\u2019s episode of This Morning, the 40-year-old explained that her son was playing on a bouncy castle indoors when he \u201csomehow got pinged off\u201d and flew into the air, landing some three metres away on a hard floor. <\/p>\n<p>Wright and her husband, William Lee-Kemp, frantically called an ambulance when they realised Presley wasn\u2019t breathing and had \u201cstarted to go blue\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was about 10 to 15 seconds but it felt like forever,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/towie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Towie<\/a> star said. \u201cIt was awful and traumatising. We got him outside and at that point I screamed, \u2018Call an ambulance\u2019, because I was fearing the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jess-wright-and-son-presley.png\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Presley has a rare heart condition\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Presley has a rare heart condition (Jess Wright\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>Wright\u2019s fears were compounded by the fact that Presley has a rare heart condition called bicuspid aortic valve, which means his valve has two flaps of skin instead of three. <\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Presley started breathing again when medical help arrived and became more alert once the family was at the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Wright said the accident was \u201ca complete one-off\u201d, adding that she was appearing on This Morning \u201cjust to make sure everyone knows, just be vigilant and aware that it can get quite serious\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things and I hope it never happens to anyone else, but it can happen,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-16-at-12-40-52.png\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jess Wright said her son is \u2018fine, but slightly traumatised\u2019 after the incident\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Jess Wright said her son is \u2018fine, but slightly traumatised\u2019 after the incident (ITV)<\/p>\n<p>Sharing an update on how Presley is doing now, the reality TV star said: \u201cHe\u2019s good. He\u2019s slightly traumatised by it but he\u2019s fine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Speaking alongside Wright, inflatables safety expert Craig Whitelock-Wainwright said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/parents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parents<\/a> should research the company they\u2019re hiring from and ensure any inflatables they\u2019re hiring have passed a safety inspection. <\/p>\n<p>Crash mats should be positioned next to the open sides of bouncy castles and children using them should be \u201cproperly supervised\u201d by an adult who knows what dangers to look out for, he added. <\/p>\n<p>Wright previously said the accident caused a chilling silence across the party, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/jess-wright-son-bouncy-castle-accident-b2993245.html\">adding that the sound of Presley\u2019s fall would &#8220;haunt me, I\u2019m sure\u201d<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Describing it as the &#8220;scariest day of my life,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/jess-wright-son-bouncy-castle-accident-b2993245.html\">Wright also posted images of Presley recovering in her arms<\/a> and on a hospital stretcher. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-740233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}