Vick Hope put on a brave face by appearing on Monday’s episode of This Morning shortly after sharing a heartfelt tribute to her late friend Joe Lyons.
Joe was the producer of Capital Breakfast where Vick previously worked, while host Roman Kemp returned to the show on Monday after learning of his friend’s death last Tuesday.
Vick, 30, announced a contest on the ITV chat show shortly after writing a post about Joe and sharing a photo of the couple in her Instagram Stories.
Return: Vick Hope, 30, put on a brave face when appearing on Monday’s episode of This Morning shortly after sharing a heartfelt tribute to her late friend Joe Lyons
The TV presenter, who left Capital Breakfast in February, appeared via a link in Norfolk where she told viewers about an opportunity to win £ 40,000 and a luxury lodge.
She then had a conversation with a chef who had crab dishes for her and later appeared on Loose Women again.
Hours earlier, Vick had shared a moving tribute to Joe as she fondly remembered the time they had spent together.
Sharing a series of photos of them, she wrote, “Our Joe. My JoeJoe. My special, magical and beautiful friend. We’ve signed every post with “I love you, mate,” and yet I’m afraid I haven’t told you enough.
Friends: Joe was the producer of Capital Breakfast where Vick previously worked, while host Roman Kemp returned on Monday after learning of his friend’s death last Wednesday.
Back to work: Vick announced a contest on the ITV chat show shortly after writing a post about Joe and sharing a photo of the couple in her Instagram Stories
“I really love you, mate, so much. We all do. Hope you know this. We are so lucky to have known you. The world is a better place to have you in it. And now the stars have won you an extraordinary gift. Look at everything you’ve done, Joe. Everything you have achieved, what you have built, who you have inspired.
“ Your talent and creativity are so immense, but more than that, you are the nicest, most hilarious, caring, fun, fiercely loyal and spectacular person we have ever had the pleasure of meeting. You are truly the best we have ever known. Our friend. My friend.
“For four years, you have been my comfort, my rock, my confidante. I told you all my secrets and you said you would take them to the grave. And now it looks like you’ve done just that, and it breaks my heart.
“ Words cannot describe this pain, it does not make sense and it will take time to process. I keep repeating: not you, please not you. But now you are at peace, you are in a better place. I will miss you so much Joe Lyons.
Tribute: Just hours before, Vick had shared a touching tribute to Joe as she fondly remembered the time they had spent together
She wrote, “Our Joe. My JoeJoe. My special, magical and beautiful friend. We’ve signed every post with “I love you, mate,” and yet I’m afraid I haven’t told you enough.
Special Person: Vick wrote a poignant post about what Joe had meant to her
She continued, “Thank you for every crab dance, every ‘you embarrass us baby’, every cereal box game, every 5 in the morning in a house we’re not invited to, every ‘bah bah’, every undersized chinos, every photobomb courtesy of your a ** e, every cocktail we rocked in your apartment or every night spent in my backyard doing things we shouldn’t be doing on a school night, every club where we sat in the plot corner, every time we were back and ready to do it all over again, every fucking laugh, every hug that meant the world because you made me feel safe and understood.
And thank you for being my favorite Valentine’s Day. We met in each other. I have never met anyone so strange and so wild, and together we were in chaos.
“Wherever you are, I hope you are causing chaos there too. We never wanted the party to end, and I don’t think this one was over either; I’ll just see you at the afterparty. Until then, I love you, mate. My thoughts are with your parents and Lou; Ro, Sonny and the team; Olly and everyone who loves you.
‘He was our best friend’: Roman Kemp burst into tears live on Monday as he returned to work at Capital Breakfast after Joe’s death
Roman broke down live in tears on his Capital Breakfast radio show Monday as he returned to work after Joe’s death.
Host and co-stars Sian Welby, 33, and Sonny Jay, 27, took their leave of the show last Tuesday after hearing the sad news.
And Roman, 27, made the decision to talk to viewers about how he felt on Monday by paying tribute to his “ best friend ” Joe. His cause of death has not been disclosed.
Sad news: Joe, known on the show as producer Joe, has sadly passed away – his cause of death was not disclosed – this was his last Instagram post, shared on June 20
Painful: Roman struggled to contain his emotions during the show
Breaking down he said: ‘We wanted to share some really sad news. I never thought I should do this.
“Last Tuesday, very suddenly, we lost one of our best friends. Our producer Joe, he was a member of the Capital Breakfast family.
“We are trying to deal with it all together. We wanted to share this news with you.
Roman continued, “Joe had worked for Global, the parent company, for nine years.
“He was the very first person I met when I walked through the door. I remember thinking he was a bit of a Del Boy.
Roman said of his friend: ‘He loved dogs. Obsessed with his daily step count. Never ironed his clothes. He loved his family so much. His father Ivan, his mother Celia, his sister Lou ‘
“He was with me from my very first show. He taught to be everything. I don’t know how to be sitting in a radio studio without him.
Discussing their close bond, Roman added, “ This is the person I used to sit here and would constantly flush.
“He loved dogs. Obsessed with his daily step count. Never ironed his clothes. He loved his family so much. His father Ivan, his mother Celia, his sister Lou.
“He loved his friends… his fans, he had fans. The thing he loved the most was doing this show you were listening to.
“He was like a genius who invented these ideas. He was motivated by your reaction every day.
Roman’s mother, Shirlie Kemp, wrote on Joe’s latest Instagram post, shared on June 20: ‘God bless you Joe … you were and always will be so loved. ”
Devastated: The radio host, 27, and his co-stars Sian Welby and Sonny Jay (all pictured) left the airwaves midway through their radio show on Tuesday after hearing the heartbreaking news
Hearbroken: Sian burst into tears as Roman paid homage to Joe on Monday
