Florence Pugh was left fighting back tears as she opened up about her childhood health struggles in the first episode of No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski. 

Taken on a journey into the origins of her pᴀssion for food, the actress, 29, became emotional as she talked about suffering with breathing difficulties as a child and confessed: ‘I wasn’t supposed to live’. 

As the star and Antoni explored the roots of her ancestry, Florence was also left shocked to learn she had a 19th century namesake.

And not only that the pair’s lives have had some spooky parallels. 

Discovering there was another Florence Pugh in her family born on the 25th November 1882, Florence exclaimed: ‘I feel quite emotional.’

She joked: ‘My parents had no idea, I was named after the city, my mum is going to scream!

Florence Pugh fought back tears as she confessed she ‘wasn’t supposed to live’ in emotional scenes as she discovered VERY spooky link to her 19th century namesake (pictured in her latest film We Live In Time) 

The actress, 29, opened up about her childhood health struggles in the first episode of No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski 

‘I’m so intrigued that there was another Florence. Where is she? Where did she go? Where did she live? Did she have children?’

Yet sadly tragedy struck when 19th century Florence died just shy of her fifth birthday, most likely from tuberculosis. 

Filling up with emotion, Florence was visibly taken aback as she explained: ‘This is also very strange as I had lots of problems growing up with my breathing and constantly being ill and going in and out with hospitals. 

‘I wasn’t supposed to live. When I was born they told my parents that it wasn’t going to happen and to just enjoy the time while they had it.’ 

Later in the episode Florence told her parents about Florence’s story as her mum agreed it was ‘spooky’ the parallels between the pair. 

Florence has previously opened up about her health conditions after she revealed she was diagnosed with tracheomalacia and as a toddler spent a good deal of time in and out of hospital. 

Tracheomalacia causes the windpipe to collapse when breathing, making it hard to breathe. It’s most common in babies and young children.

Her family even moved to Spain when she was three years-old as doctors suggested living in a warmer climate would help with her breathing issues. 

Florence previously revealed she was diagnosed with tracheomalacia and as a toddler spent a good deal of time in and out of hospital (pictured in December)

Florence’s episode of No Taste Like Home is the first in the new series which sees Antoni take guests on a journey of delicious dishes as they discover stories of ancestors

She previously told Yahoo: ‘We were in Spain because I have a breathing issue, and when I was younger they kind of just advised that a H๏τter climate would be better. 

‘I have asthma and I have this thing called tracheomalacia as well. And so from a young age, I’ve just had a different breathing system.’

Florence’s episode of No Taste Like Home is the first in the new series which sees Antoni take guests on a journey of delicious dishes as they discover stories of ancestors whose livelihoods set in motion this embrace of food that has transcended generations. 

Speaking ahead of the series release, the Queer Eye star said: ‘It’s a beautiful adventure to discover our past through the great connector that is food.

‘I’m honoured to go on this journey of self-discovery with new and old friends alongside National Geographic as we learn together about the ways different cultures celebrate food and experience their traditions.’

No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski is available on Disney+ and will also air on the National Geographic Channel from Wednesday February 26 at 10pm