ITV This Morning's Phillip Schofield makes emotional comment about his late dad 14 years after loss

Phillip Schofield made an emotional comment about his late father during his latest appearance on This Morning. The presenter hosted his last edition of the ITV daytime show of the week alongside Holly Willoughby on Thursday (June 23).

The pair were joined on the show by Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) CEO Simon Gunning and his colleague Wendy, who were on hand to give out advice in the latest phone-in. The latest segment was held the day after This Morning supported Calm's latest campaign with the help of Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas.

The programme opened up the phones to viewers who were either concerned for someone else's mental health or their own. One of those callers was a woman using the name 'Natasha'. She phoned in and explained that she had lost her father to suicide nine years ago, and is still struggling with the loss.

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"I lost my dad nine years ago to suicide, it was completely unexpected," she explained to Holly, 41, Phillip, 60, and their two expert guests. "I feel like nothing's gonna get better unless my dad comes back, but that's never gonna happen."

After explaining how she speaks about her dad all the time to her seven-year-old son, 'Natasha' added: "It does help, but at the same time, like with his birthday, I get upset because he's not here." She also commented how people do not always sympathize now as a longer period of time has passed since her loss.

But Phillip was keen to try and make Natasha feel better about how she feels and related it to his own heartbreaking situation. "And the thing is that, you know he's still here, he's still there, he lives