This Morning viewers were left in tears after show host Ruth Langsford visited a former colleague who had returned home for the first time in three years after being left brain damaged.
Langsford, who regularly hosts the breakfast show on a Friday with husband Eamonn Holmes, met up with old friend Amy May Shead.
Shead, who was a producer on the ITV show, had been left with brain damage after she suffered a severe nut allergy after eating a piece of chicken on a flight to Budapest.
The 31-year-old suffered an anaphylactic reaction and was starved of oxygen for six minutes. She miraculously pulled through but has been left confined to a wheel chair and was living in a care home.
On Friday’s show Langsford visited Shead and her family at their new home, which has been converted to suit her needs.
Kissing Shead tenderly on the forehead, Langsford said: “I could hear you shouting, were you shouting for me? Hello my darling. You look nice, she’s got all her jewellery on for me. So this is your new place Amy I like it.”
Viewers were left feeling very emotional at the heartbreaking segment.
One user wrote: “This is heart breaking I remember when I watched her with Ruth on @thismorning. Ruth was so lovely to her can’t imagine how everyone feels.”
Another added: “How devastating for that whole family.”
“Ruth Langford so kind with Amy. Had a little cry,” posted a third.
The visit comes after Shead appeared on the show two years ago in a touching interview, which saw Langsford comfort her as her family told the tragic story in a bid to have nuts banned on planes.
This Morning is on ITV, weekdays at 10:30am
