The presenter,57, and Rob Rinder,46, fronted Thursday’s episode of the ITV show. They spoke with Tara and Martin Cosser, whose son Charlie Cosser, 17, died after being stabbed at a party in West Sussex last year. Kate Garraway broke down in tears during their interview with the parents of a teenager who had been killed at a party.
It is said that the bereaved parents are now bringing attention to knife violence. They had already told Kate about their encounter on the morning show.
Tara stated: “We say ‘if it can happen to Charlie, it can happen to anybody’.” Kate replied, “And that’s the message that you’re now going into schools to encourage people to learn.” Martin claimed to have conducted “a number of talks” already.
“And your own grief, you know, the center of that sort of stone that ripples out… people react in different ways,” Kate questioned the next. What do you want people to know about how difficult life may truly be, and how have you attempted to manage the past year?”
Tara revealed: “My grieving process differs greatly from Martin’s. I want to be at home even if I don’t feel comfortable. All of my memories are of Charlie being there. Martin wants to get away from that because it hurts too much. We don’t really spend a lot of time together in the house, you know.”
She went on, “Until you’ve gone through this, no one can possibly understand, so it’s just a very, very lonely place.” Our close-knit support system of pals is always available to lend a hand. They don’t make an effort to advise us on what to do.”
Rob then asked: “Do you still feel he’s there? I mean is there still a connection like you want to go to your phone?” Tara replied: “Absolutely. I still send him a message every morning to tell him I love him.” Martin added: “I still open his door to see … I know he’s not there but honestly it’s so hard to … I don’t think even now knowing … the way our life is now […] it’s all so crazy!”
Kate reacted: “It doesn’t feel real.” Rob commented: “Help us understand what your message is to young people that might go into spaces with knives.” Martin responded: “I tell you what my message is – it doesn’t matter what your background is, it doesn’t matter where you live, working class, affluent area, everybody has a choice. And when you take a knife out and you make that choice to take a knife out and plunge it into an innocent human being, and take their life … death is final. We have a life sentence. We were a normal family. A kind, happy family. Charlie was a normal boy. And it has destroyed our world because someone made that choice. There are other ways. So please, please, think twice about what you’re doing because you can’t take it back.”