Ben Shephard steps in as Cat Deeley breaks into tears over emotional loss on This Morning

Ben Shephard was quick to step in during the latest episode of This Morning when co-host Cat Deeley broke down in tears. The pair were back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Thursday (April 25) when they were joined by a guest who spoke about his late dog saving his life.

Ben and Cat, who started as the permanent hosts of This Morning last month, were interviewing Kerry Irving about his late springer spaniel Max, who saved his life after Kerry fell into a depression following a car accident.

But as Kerry joined the new presenting duo live on the sofa, mum-of-two Cat started to well up as she remembered her beloved pet dog, Lilly, who sadly passed away last year.

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Cat kept wiping away tears before composing herself with the guest also left emotional as she remembered her late pet pooch Max, who sadly passed away in 2022 aged 14. Kerry adopted Max in 2008 after becoming seriously injured in a traffic collision two years earlier and suffering with severe depression.

Photos of Max out on his walks quickly became popular on social media and the dog became an Internet sensation, helping to raise nearly £300,000 for a number of charities, including PDSA. Max even won the animal equivalent of an OBE and has been immortalised in statue form in their hometown of Keswick, Cumbria.

Cat got very emotional as she introduced the guest, saying: "In 2022, Max sadly passed away at the age of 14 but his legacy lives on, Kerry's fundraising continues" to which her voice broke, she added tearfully: "We were talking about dogs in the break.