Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley lost her mother, Cath, to cancer back in 2012 after she was first diagnosed in 2001.
Lisa Riley was moved to tears when speaking about her late mother(Image: ITV)
Lisa Riley broke down in tears when speaking about her late mother during an episode of Loose Women.
On Thursday’s show, the ITV panel touched on where they find comfort in challenging times after The Princess of Wales touched on nature bringing her comfort during her cancer recovery. Touching on where they find comfort, the Emmerdale actress spoke about her faith getting her through the time her mother died.
She said: “It helped with my mum so much; sometimes it was hard- sorry.” Lisa then began to cry as she reflected on the time her mother was dying, as Charlene got up and offered her a tissue.
The actress went on: “At the end of the day, when I had to be the leader of the family and tell my dad. My dad was in denial all the way through and through. He was like, ‘She’ll get better’. I had to be so stoic for the family and go. ‘She’s not going to get better. She isn’t, Dad. She’s going to die’.
“Up until her last breath, he believed that. So I was like, ‘Dad, come on, remember our faith, remember those days when we used our faith and just had that silence together?’ Yeah, you are so rich having the faith you have. It’s wonderful.”
Lisa explained on the programme that she had grown up a devout Catholic, going to church every weekend and attending midnight mass each Christmas. She told the Loose Women panel that her faith also helped when her mother’s father was dying.
She shared: “When he was in his last five days of his life, when we had faith, it wasn’t necessarily on our knees praying. What we did, around the bed, we just held hands, and we gave that energy.
“That good, heartfelt energy, and it was faith that he would get better. We knew the outcome; we knew he wasn’t going to make it, but he could feel that next to him.”
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Lisa lost her mother, Cath, to cancer in 2012 and has been open about how she felt as though she had lost purpose following her death. Earlier on in the year, she told the ITV show that appearing on Strictly Come Dancing helped her with her grief.
At the time, she said: “Behind the camera, there was so much going on for me and also for Robin [Windsor]. Robin was there for me; he was my dance partner, my grief counsellor, my therapist, all the way through. My family were so grateful for how he got me through the worst time of my life.”
Loose Women is available to watch weekdays on ITV from 12:30pm.