Lorraine Kelly issued an emotional message to her colleague Deborah James as she appeared on the breakfast show from the ICU.
The ITV programme is currently raising awareness of bowel cancer with their No Butts campaign, which is supported by Bowel Cancer UK, to spread the word about early diagnosis and awareness of the symptoms.
Deborah, 40, who has been face of the campaign after she was diagnosed with stage four cancer five years ago, was gutted not to be in the studio due to illness.
She is currently in the ICU as she is recovering from an infection over the weekend, but sent in a message from hospital in a gown and bunny ears, writes the Mirror.
She said: "I'm so sad not to be there at the launch of the No Butts campaign. But obviously, my health has had a bit of a ride recently - still in hospital. Actually, sitting outside on the balcony outside ICU but I'm getting better.
"However, I've sent my mum along because this year's campaign is going to be bigger and peachier than ever. We have pants and flags. We're flying the flag for bowel cancer all around the UK.
"And it's so important that we continue to raise awareness because ultimately if we stop it and catch it earlier, we can save lives. Thank you guys for being part of that and spreading the word."
Reacting to her message, Lorraine gushed: "Thank you Deborah! We're sending you all our love - I know she's watching this morning."
She was also joined by Deborah's mum Heather outside as Lorraine continued: "Heather, as we can see, she's a wee bit frail, but the spirit is there! She is quite remarkable."
"Not the Easter we planned," Heather said. "But a good Easter in a different way. We put the bunny ears on - including me - and we delivered eggs and we got outside of ICU. Now she's got the infection under control and hopefully she'll be back dancing soon."
Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV
Get the latest celebrity gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox. Sign up to our weekly Showbiz newsletter here.
