Lorraine Kelly issued an emotional message to her colleague Deborah James as she appeared on the breakfast show from the ICU.
The ITV programme is currently raising awareness of bowel cancer with their No Butts campaign, which is supported by Bowel Cancer UK, to spread the word about early diagnosis and awareness of the symptoms.
Deborah, 40, who has been face of the campaign after she was diagnosed with stage four cancer five years ago, was gutted not to be in the studio due to illness.