Ben Shephard details heartbreaking experience with grief following recent loss

01.07.2022 - 17:45 / hellomagazine.com

Ben Shephard has spoken about the grief he felt following the recent loss of a close friend during Friday's Good Morning Britain.MORE: Ben Shephard shares rare photos of wife Annie during glamorous outingSpeaking with Reverend Richard Coles about his upcoming Channel 4 documentary on grief, the 47-year-old host revealed he was completely "shocked" as he struggled to come to terms with the death.WATCH: Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard overcome with emotion after GMB deathHe explained: "I lost a very close friend recently, a really big shock, out of the blue. And it was another friend that said grief is a bit like a wave - it hits you suddenly and then it dissipates and then suddenly, randomly it comes back out of nowhere and it hits you again."READ: Reverend Richard Coles shares heartbreaking post following death of partnerMORE: Ben Shephard shares rare photo of son Jack - and cracks 'hilarious' dad jokeBen added: "That's certainly something that I've experienced.

There will be a little moment when all of a sudden I'm floored when a picture comes up or a tune comes on the radio that reminds me of my friend that we lost so dramatically and I'm back and I'm stuck in that grief."Co-host Kate Garraway then asked the reverend: "Do you still feel that with your loss?" To which, he replied: "Yeah, I mean, at first what you think is this is something you want to get over, as if it's a cold." Ben with Kate on Friday's GMBHis partner, David, died aged 42 in December 2019. Speaking to The Guardian a few months after the death, Richard spoke candidly about dealing with the loss, and how people have rushed to help him.He shared: "After David died, there was a woman at the hospital who had been widowed, too.