‘Our hearts go out to her family and friends’: Phillip Schofield breaks down as he opens Dancing On Ice with emotional tribute to Caroline Flack
ITV presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby paid tribute to friend and former colleague Caroline Flack on Sunday evening as they opened the latest instalment of Dancing On Ice.
In an emotional opening preamble, a visibly devastated Schofield choked back tears while remembering Caroline, whose tragic death at the age of 40 was confirmed on Saturday.
He began: ‘We’d like to begin tonight’s show by taking a moment to remember Caroline Flack in light of yesterday’s awful news. We wanted to say that our hearts go out to her family and friends.’
Tribute: ITV presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby paid tribute to friend and former colleague Caroline Flack on Sunday evening as they opened the latest instalment of Dancing On Ice
Taking over from her co-host, Holly referred to one of Caroline’s recent Instagram posts, adding: ‘Many of us on the show knew Caroline as a friend and we’ll all miss her enormously.
As Caroline recently posted, In a world where you can be anything, be kind.’
Contestant Joe Swash, who worked with Caroline on ITV2 show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp and shared his own tribute just hours earlier, admitted it had been a ‘tough day’ preparing for his routine after learning of her death.
Devastated: In an emotional opening preamble, a visibly devastated Schofield choked back tears while remembering Caroline, whose tragic death at the age of 40 was confirmed on Saturday
Professional skate partner Alexandra Schauman added: ‘It was really hard to do this and do a happy number when he feels like this so I’m really proud of him.’