Loose Women Ruth Langsford's vow to late sister after her tragic death
During Tuesday's Loose Women, ITV panellist Janet Street-Porter detailed how she reflected on her life after recently turning 78. Janet confessed she's becoming more aware of being the last one left in her family, with her parents and younger sister having died.
Sharing a throwback image online for her birthday alongside her sister, Janet explained to the Loose Women ladies it was a poignant moment for her to remember and look back on.
Touching on getting older and remembering those who are no longer alive in their family, Ruth commented: "I'm 65 this year, it's very easy to slip into that, 'Oh god, I can't believe I'm 65, I'm so old'. I don't, I now have to look forward and think, 'How amazing I'm 65, I'm here, I'm alive, I'm standing up'."
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Ruth mentioned the tragic loss of her sister Julia and how she always thinks about her on her birthday. The ITV star commented: "I remember when she died thinking, 'I must live my life well because she didn't get the chance'.
"She wouldn't want me being sad forever without her. So, that kind of drives me on." Ruth's younger sister took her own life back in 2019 at the age of 62.
Julia had been battling depression for many years before her tragic death. At the time, Ruth took a break from her presenting duties to mourn her sibling.
Speaking about her grief on the show in the past, Ruth confessed she'd often cry in the shower to get all of her emotions out. In 2022, she told her co-stars: "When my sister died, I had good cries in the shower because it’s very private.
“I think if you're in the bathroom, whether you like a bath or a shower, it’s that shut the door and nobody really disturbs you. I could have a good old, proper old, loud snotty cry and get that out of my system.”
Elsewhere on the show, Coleen touched on her late sister Bernie and how often she thinks about her. She told her co-stars whenever she gets down about something, she remembers Bernie.
The Loose Women star commented: "Whenever I get down about things or really worried about things, I just bring myself back into the moment and I go, 'Yeah, but Bernie would love to be here with those problems and she's not'.
"Then with birthdays, obviously as you get older, I've got my 60th coming up in March, people go, 'Oh, you're 60, you're getting on' and all that. To me, it's cheesy I know but honestly, because of things that have happened in the past and losing loved ones when it was way too soon to loose them, it makes me celebrate when I wake up in the morning, let alone if it's my 60th. I literally wake up and go, 'I'm still here, I'm alive.'"
Loose Women continues weekdays on ITV from 12:30pm