I looked into my son’s deep brown eyes and said: I’m really sorry Ethan, they couldn’t make mum better .. he collapsed on the floor and I collapsed with him

SKY Sports presenter Simon Thomas reduced This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to tears yesterday as he spoke about his wife’s sudden death.

Gemma Thomas died in November, three days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. She was 40.

Appearing on the ITV show yesterday, Simon recalled the moment he had to tell his eight-year-old son Ethan that his mother had died.

The 45-year-old said: “My heart was pounding. He went in to see her twice that day. I didn’t tell Ethan she was going.

“I just said, ‘Mummy is seriously ill’ and I held him to her ear a couple of times and he said he loved her and then he went to play with his cousins.

“And I got home and I thought, ‘I’ve just got to grab him.’ So I took him upstairs and I looked into his deep brown eyes and said, ‘Ethan, I’m really sorry, they couldn’t make mummy better.’

“You can’t dress it up. I just said, ‘Mummy’s died’ and he collapsed on to the floor. I collapsed with him.

“I just held him. I would never wish that on my worst enemy.”

Phillip and Holly were unable to hold back their tears during the emotional interview.

Former Blue Peter presenter Simon also revealed how quickly Gemma’s illness took hold.

He said: “She had headaches for a few weeks.

“I had been off work with anxiety and depression that literally came out of