The Repair Shop host ‘breaks down for 15 minutes off camera’ after boy’s heart-wrenching story
A REPAIR Shop host ‘broke down for 15 mins off camera’ after a boy’s heart-wrenching story.
The hit BBC Show’s host Will Kirk has revealed how he had to walk off set while filming an episode.
Will, 38, revealed how a young boy left him in floods of tears when he came to the workshop.
Speaking to the Express, he revealed: “There was a young boy called Jacob who bought in a rickety table and that was the first time I had to take my 10-15 minutes.”
He went on to reveal how all of the crew behind the cameras were also in tears by the scenes.
Steve Fletcher, who also appears on the beloved show, added that to stop himself crying at emotional stories he often ‘pinches himself’.
He revealed: “Sometimes we have to hold ourselves back and I have to pinch myself to stop myself from welling up.”
“All of us in the barn get emotional, even the crew,” he added.
Another presenter of The Repair Shop, Jay Blades, recently broke down in tears during an episode.
The presenter, 53, welcomed bereaved couple, Emese and Luke, to the barn.
The couple brought the clay imprint of their late son David’s footprints, which were taken just days before he passed away at five months old.
Emese said: “We did the footprints at the hospital a couple of days before he passed away so it’s really precious to us.”
She revealed that she took David to A&E one night and they said he had cardiac arrest.
That’s when she discovered that he had “a very serious heart condition and the doctors couldn’t do anything for him”.
The Repair Shop scooped a BAFTA gong for best Daytime TV show at last night’s TV awards.
The Repair Shop airs on BBC One and iPlayer.