Good Morning Britain viewers 'not prepared' as Susanna Reid comforts a crying Chris Kamara as Ben Shephard also breaks down

Good Morning Britain viewers said they were 'not prepared' for the emotional scenes that unfolded as the tuned into the show. On Thursday (November 9), viewers of the ITV news programme were left in tears themselves as Susanna Reid comforted a crying Chris Kamara.

The former footballer and pundit, affectionately known by Kammy, appeared on the ITV news programme to chat to Susanna and her co-host Ben Shephard about his new book. It chronicles his life, revealing how he went from hard-tackling footballer to a broadcasting national treasure.

But as well as many entertaining stories, he also opens up about being diagnosed with the rare brain condition apraxia that has affected his speech and seen him say an emotional goodbye to Sky Sports.

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Appearing on GMB, Kammy told how he was "ashamed" he couldn't speak properly and was "in denial" about his condition for some time after his diagnosis. "I went to see a brain specialist and I was only in there for two minutes and he said, 'You've got Apraxia of Speech', where the connection between the brain and mouth breaks down and you can't say the words," he told.

"Your mouth can't control itself. The words come out very slowly. I thought that defined me. So my apologies to everyone out with there with a speech condition, because it doesn't define who you are." Tearing up, he added: "I get upset talking about it, because I was in denial. I was ashamed that I couldn't speak."

Susanna then reached over and asked to hold Kammy's hand as she comforted him while he tried to fight back his tears. Ben, who