The Project host Lisa Wilkinson found herself fighting back tears after hearing a heartbreaking story from guest James Blunt.
The UK singer-songwriter appeared on the show to promote his new single Monsters, where Blunt comes to terms with his father’s terminal illness.
The Project screened the heartbreaking music video, which shows Blunt in tears by his father’s side.
Wilkinson couldn’t handle this and was left “bawling”.
“That song we saw at the end of the package about the possibility of your father dying and you saying goodbye to him… I was watching this about an hour ago, and let me tell you, the hair and make-up girls had to come in big-time. I was bawling my eyes out…” she admitted.
For more than 15 years James Blunt has had a string of number one hits, but he is also famous for his hilarious Twitter take-downs!
James’ album ‘Once Upon a Mind’ is out now, and you can find all the info on his upcoming tour via https://t.co/XFiIKN8Mkr pic.twitter.com/dlmUCKa9ls— The Project (@theprojecttv) January 31, 2020
“I lost my dad 30 years ago in May, and these words are so moving,” she said.
The video shows James sitting beside his father weeping, while his father stares into the distance.
Blunt’s father has Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease and Blunt explained that he was going into surgery at the time of taping.
“He’s just going in for a transplant as we speak, at this moment,” he responded when Wilkinson asked after his dad’s health.
“He is going through that process right now.”
Wilkinson later posted about the experience on Instagram, pausing to reflect on her own father’s passing.
“It’ll be 30 years this coming May since I lost my beautiful dad and I cried through the whole thing tonight. Those feelings, they just never leave you…” she wrote.
