Ben Shephard has opened up about how he is dealing with his grief, following the unexpected death of a close friend.
The Good Morning Britain anchor, 47, explained how there will be moments where "all of a sudden I'm floored" when he remembers his late friend during a chat on Friday's edition of the ITV show.
The presenter and co-host Kate Garraway were chatting with clergyman turned novelist Rev Richard Cole regarding his upcoming Channel 4 documentary exploring grief when Ben brought up his own recent personal experience with mourning.
"I lost a very close friend recently - a really big shock out of the blue - and it was another friend that said that grief is a bit like a wave," Ben revealed live on-air, going on to explain his friends analogy regarding grief hitting you in stages.
"That's certainly something that I experience," the presenter continued. "There will be a moment when all of a sudden I'm floored by a picture that pops up or a tune that suddenly comes on the radio that reminds me of my friend that we lost so dramatically and I'm back there - stuck in that grief.
"Not stuck in that grief," Ben corrected himself. "In the middle of grief and the raw of it."
Former vicar Richard told the presenter how he believes that many people see grief like a cold - something you 'get over' - but instead, it's like losing a limb and learning how to adapt.
"You're going to limp forever so life will be different," he mused to Ben and Kate during his cameo on the show on Friday.
Elsewhere on Friday's episode of Good Morning Britain, Bernie Eccleston's infamous interview from earlier in the week was discussed.
The former Formula One boss had a car-crash interview with hosts Ben and Kate on Thursday, where he shocked viewers with his comments regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Friday former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was on the couch discussing the day's headlines when she made her feeling about the ex F1 boss clear.
"Well, Bernie Ecclestone’s an idiot. I don’t know quite on what basis he was doing that interview. It was utterly shocking," she declared on the ITV show.
Host Ben mused that perhaps Russian drivers being banned from F1 amid the war in Ukraine could be the basis for Bernie's controversial comment.
"There is a lot of controversy within that world and there's a lot of controversy around that and it's interesting getting his take on it," the presenter told his guests during the discussion.
"With Russia being taken out of the Formula 1 calendar and banning Russian drivers but it's interesting in getting his take on it."
Guest Ed Vaizy hit back with: "You can make a lot of money and still be a moron."
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am
