Holly Willoughby comforts tearful bride who was jilted hours before her wedding

Holly Willoughby was quick to praise a woman who decided to go ahead with her wedding day this month despite being jilted by her groom.

Kayley Stead and Kallum Norton had been in a relationship for almost four years and were due to get married on September 15, but Kallum Norton didn't show up and has refused to apologise.

Appearing on Monday's This Morning alongside her sister and best friend, Kayley was keen to explain why she decided to go ahead with her big day despite her fiancé not being there.

Starting the interview, Holly said: "I saw this story in the paper and I just thought, 'what a woman'. Well done, what strength that must have taken just to go ahead and carry on doing this so applause for you."

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby interviewing jilted bride Kayley Stead on This Morning (ITV)

Dressed in her beautiful wedding gown, Kayley recalled the moment she realised she had been jilted by Kallum.

"First of all, when I first heard it I checked if he was okay because that was my first panic," Kayley explained.

"And then when they said he was safe, first of all I was a bit like, 'okay this is what he normally does when he wants a moment to himself to think and have a moment to breathe'. So I actually wasn't panicking at first, I asked the girls to carry on, let's keep it going," Kayley continued as she became tearful.

Kayley Stead became tearful as she spoke about her groom Kallum Norton jilting her (ITV)

"So I asked his dad, 'can you just check on him?'" she then said as she broke down and apologised.

Mother-of-three Holly did her best to comfort Kayley and told her: "You are doing so well, can I just say. I think there's many people that wouldn't even be able to put one foot in front of the other, okay, so you are doing so well. You're stronger than all of us!"

Holly was quick to give Kayley a hug and told her that she was so strong (ITV)

Holly's co-host Phillip Schofield was quick to pass Kayley some tissues as she recalled having her first dance with her dad and smashing the top tier of her wedding cake.

"The fact that everybody stayed meant more to me than anything else and I just wanted to kind of celebrate that," Kayley explained.

"Celebrate my girls because I am a woman's girl and I always will be, and it was a day about women supporting women and getting us through the tough times because they've been there and honestly I couldn't thank them enough."

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV Hub.