Holly Willoughby was left emotional on This Morning as the show provided an update on the Ukrainian girl who went viral singing Let It Go earlier this week.
The 41-year-old presenter has been left tearful this week when discussing the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Ukraine amid the Russian military assault.
Holly Willoughby broke down in tears on This Morning as she watched a clip of young Ukrainian girl Amelia Anisovych singing the Frozen hit while dozens of people hid from Russian bombs in the Ukrainian capital.
Holly has three kids of her own - Harry, 12, Belle, 10, and Chester, seven, with her husband Dan Baldwin - and was visibly emotional as she watched a heartbreaking clip of the seven-year-old girl singing.
Co-host Phillip Schofield provided an update on the young girl who melted hearts as she entertained a crowded bunker in Kyiv, telling viewers on Wednesday’s show that she has made it safely out of Ukraine.
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Phillip said: “We were reporting earlier in the week - and it was very upsetting to see - about Amelia Anisovych, who went viral last week singing Let It Go from Frozen in a bunker in Kyiv.
“The latest news on her is that she’s made it safely out of Ukraine. She’s now with her brother.”
However, beside him Holly was visibly emotional and muttered that Amelia had escaped the war torn country, but “not with her parents”.
This comes after Holly wiped away tears during an emotional segment on the ITV show yesterday, as Phillip told viewers of an 11-year-old who fled war torn Ukraine on his own.
The ITV presenter was again left emotional as co-host Phillip discussed the unfolding refugee crisis in Ukraine, as the UN reported two million people have now fled to neighbouring countries amid the Russian military assault.
Phillip told ITV viewers of the unnamed Ukrainian child: “He travelled 600 miles across the country to the Slovakian border by himself. He’s been reunited with relatives.
“He journeyed almost the entire width of the country with a plastic bag and a phone number written on his hand. His parents had to stay in Ukraine.
“Thanks to that number written on his hand, staff managed to contact relatives who came to meet him.”
This Morning guest Nicola Thorpe replied: “750 miles all alone as an 11-year-old and that was the best option for his mother, who’s a widow and was looking after an elderly relative.
“I don’t want to live in a world where this is the best option. Children should not be waiting, especially not on their own, at these borders.
“There are human traffickers operating now at the moment in Calais. I wish children could get here safely and then we figure out their paperwork.”
