This Morning star Craig Doyle pauses for emotional tribute on live TV
The Irish presenter was filling in for Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard on the ITV show
This Morning star Craig Doyle star paid an emotional tribute on live TV to his beloved mum, who is currently in hospital.
Craig was on hosting duties for the ITV breakfast show on Wednesday morning (May 24), filling in for Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard.
Joining the popular Irish presenter was The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes, who is also seen regularly on the programme.
It was a busy episode for the pair as they were joined by Louise Redknapp, opera singer Lesley Garrett and author Nancy Birtwhistle.
This was the third consecutive This Morning episode without Cat and Ben, with Alison Hammond and Paddy McGuinness hosting the previous two instalments.
One portion of the episode saw Craig and Rochelle joined by Deirdre Sanders for a phone-in segment on in-law issues.
“Don't know what she's talking about. My in-laws are perfect, morning Dorothy,” Craig joked.
Craig then decided to take a moment to send a heartwarming message to his mum Eithne, who is currently in hospital.
“Can I say hello to my mum who's in hospital. Hello mum, how are you? Have you got the sound up? Good girl," he said.
Rochelle added: "Hello mum! Hope you're good. Love her."
Meanwhile, Rochelle praised Craig earlier in the day for ‘taking on a very big challenge’ last month when he ran the London marathon.
Providing an insight into how he fared, Craig said: “I don’t want to talk about it much, but maybe in 45 minutes I'll talk about the main points… It was a sweaty day. I haven’t done one in about 20 years and I thought I was the same as I was 20 years ago.
“I’m definitely not. Congratulations to all of you who finished the marathon, forget about times. Joel [Dommett], who is a friend of the show, had a terrible time.
“He collapsed when he finished. I was slow, I enjoyed the crowds, you were unbelievable. I did 800 high fives.”
He continued: “I didn’t win, I was looking for the win which is a little disappointing... My last toe nail fell off three days ago. We raised lots of money for WellChild."