This Morning was forced to cut to a break today (Tuesday, March 8) after Holly Willoughby broke down in tears live on air.
The 41-year-old star clearly found the discussion about Ukrainian refugees too much during a segment on the war in today’s show.
What happened on This Morning today?
This Morning hosts Holly and Phillip Schofield welcomed Nicola Thorp and Julia Hartley-Brewer onto the show today.
During the segment, they spoke about how a Ukrainian refugee, aged 11, had been forced to travel 600 miles, alone, to the Slovakian border.
Phillip explained that the little boy had travelled almost the entire width of Ukraine with just a plastic bag, a passport and a phone number written on his hand.
He has, thankfully, been reunited with his family since.
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“I don’t want to live in a world where this is the best option for children,” Nicola said.
“Also, children shouldn’t be waiting, especially on their own, at these borders. There are human traffickers operating now.”
As Phillip said “let’s leave it there”, Holly could be seen with tears streaming down her face.
Phillip then said that the show was going to a break turning to Holly, who was drying her eyes.
How did viewers react?
Plenty of viewers sympathised with Holly breaking down in tears on today’s show.
“I absolutely can understand Holly crying. Remember we could be in a difficult situation one day, who knows which way this war will go Putin has nothing to lose now,” one viewer said.
“Can someone PLEASE give Holly a hug,” another tweeted.
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