‘My old solid heart’s gone!’ Ben Shephard is reduced to tears as an NHS carer reunites with her daughter on air as Calum Scott sings
Good Morning Britain host Ben Shephard was reduced to tears on Tuesday morning after seeing an NHS carer virtually reunite with the daughter she hasn’t seen for weeks.
Singer Calum Scott surprised the family from Stalham, Norfolk, who were forced to isolate separately due to coronavirus, with a stunning rendition of You Are The Reason.
NHS carer Lisa Cave, 40, decided to send her daughter Ruby to live with her father Paul because the seven-year-old has severe asthma.
‘My old solid heart’s gone’: Ben Shephard was reduced to tears as he watched a mother and daughter virtually reunite on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday
The mother and daughter reunited once last week while Lisa wore a hazmat suit in a video which has since gone viral.
Lisa said it had felt like ‘someone had ripped my heart out’ after she said goodbye to her daughter on March 26.
She played You Are The Reason during the emotional reunion and former Britain’s Got Talent star Calum surprised the family with another rendition on Tuesday.
Lisa and Ruby made heart gestures to each other during the song and became visibly emotional on screen.
Tear-jerking: Lisa Cave and her daughter Ruby have been separated throughout the pandemic and spoke this morning while Calum Scott sang You Are The Reason
Touching: Lisa made a heart sign to her daughter Ruby as everyone in the studio started to tear up
Apart: Ruby has spent two months living with her father Paul as she has severe asthma and her mother is an NHS carer
The beautiful moment saw everyone, including singer Calum and hosts Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins, start to cry.
Ben, who has been sitting in for Piers Morgan this week, confessed the moment had ‘really got me’, while Charlotte said: ‘I think we’re all crying.’
Ben said afterwards: ‘My old solid heart’s gone.
Reunion: Lisa Cave, 40, went viral after hugged her daughter Ruby, seven, for the first time in nearly two months in an emotional video
‘My boys are going to give me so much grief when I get home.’
Viewers at home were also touched by the emotional moment, with many saying on social media that they were in tears.
One said: ‘OMG… it’s not even 8.30am and I’m in tears already!!’
Another viewer said: ‘First time @GMB has had me in tears.’
Lisa decided to send Ruby, who has severe asthma and respiratory problems, to her fahter’s to avoid infecting her with coronavirus