Kirk Norcross 'pleased' he was one to find late dad's body: 'I hugged and thanked him'
04.03.2022 - 23:31
/ ok.co.uk
Kirk Norcross has emotionally opened up on the devastating moment he found his father Mick's body and "thanked him" for everything he had done for him.The former The Only Way Is Essex star has become an ambassador for suicide prevention charity Papyrus after his dad passed away by suicide last January at the age of 57. Kirk, 34, has now opened up about the heartbreaking moment he smashed a window to get into his father's house before finding his body in the basement. "In some ways, I'm pleased it was me who found him, but it will be etched in my mind for the rest of my life.
I tried to give him CPR, but it was no good," Kirk explained. Kirk added: "When I realised he'd passed, I lay next to his body, kissed him on the head and said: 'Thank you for everything you did dad and sorry for all I have done. I promise I'll do my best.
"I cuddled him for a while, run my fingers through his hair. I remember it was so soft. It was that moment he died I became a man.
I knew I had to try and make him proud." Kirk, who was one of the original members of ITV's TOWIE when it started in 2010, shared how when lockdown hit the UK in March 2020, work on all his dad's projects came to a halt. "It was obviously getting to him in hindsight, but like so many, he didn't want to talk about it," Kirk reflected. "I started seeing signs that he wasn't himself in lockdown," Kirk said, adding that his father swapped his usual attire for grey tracksuits to "mope around the house".
Following his passing, Kirk, who had had problems with cocaine before, said that he even had thoughts of taking his own life, but opening up to his dad's partner helped him work through his difficult feelings. "After dad died, I planned my own suicide. I wanted to die.