Holly Willoughby gets emotional as This Morning shares the heartwarming family reunions

Holly Willoughby gets emotional as This Morning shares heartwarming clips of grandparents reuniting with their families

Holly Willoughby became emotional on Monday’s This Morning as she watched the heartwarming moment grandparents reunited with their families amid the ease in lockdown rules.

In recent days the government announced new guidelines which allows single adults or single parents to form a support bubble with another household, meaning that many grandparents could reunite with grandchildren and other family members after months apart.

The ITV show then aired a touching montage of families getting together and hugging, with Phillip Schofield and Holly, 39,  ‘getting teary’ during the moment. 

Moved: Holly Willoughby became emotional on Monday’s This Morning as she watched the heartwarming moment grandparents reunited with their families amid the ease in lockdown rules

Ahead of the clip, they explained that they had watched the clip in the break to prepare themselves.

Phillip, 58, said: ‘Following new government guidelines, single adults living alone or single parents can now form a support bubble with another household.’

While Holly added: ‘So many of you have been in touch over the weekend sharing your videos. Get your tissues is all I can say.

‘We just watched this in the break and it set us off. Here we are.’

Heartbreaking: The ITV show then aired a touching montage of families getting together and hugging, with Phillip Schofield and Holly, 39, 'getting teary' during the moment

Heartbreaking: The ITV show then aired a touching montage of families getting together and hugging, with Phillip Schofield and Holly, 39, ‘getting teary’ during the moment

The video then played of children running towards their grandparents and families hugging each other tight as they came face-to-face following months being unable to see each other. 

But despite their initial preparations, their pair still managed to get overwhelmed as Phil said: ‘We got a bit teary.’

While Holly with tears in her eyes said: ‘It’s what we want so much. We’ve been waiting for so long.’ 

Meanwhile, Holly later revealed how much she misses her family as This Morning shared another set of clips of the emotional reunions, alongside messages from people sharing their experiences of reuniting.

Emotional: The video then played of children running towards their grandparents and families hugging each other tight as they came face-to-face following months being unable to see each other

Emotional: The video then played of children running towards their grandparents and families hugging each other tight as they came face-to-face following months being unable to see each other

Touching: But despite their initial preparations, their pair still managed to get overwhelmed as Phil said: 'We got a bit teary.' While Holly with tears in her eyes said: 'It's what we want so much. We've been waiting for so long'

Touching: But despite their initial preparations, their pair still managed to get overwhelmed as Phil said: ‘We got a bit teary.’ While Holly with tears in her eyes said: ‘It’s what we want so much. We’ve been waiting for so long’

Mum-of-three Holly said: ‘Claire says, ‘I lost my mum in September last year so these past few months have been hard on us all, but now my dad has become part of our bubble,’ 

And as the show aired an image of Claire’s dad hugging his beloved grandchildren, Holly chipped in: ‘Oh my gosh I can feel that hug.’ 

As Phil then started to read another message, saying ‘We finally got to hug my mum…’

Holly then interrupted as she emotionally added: ‘I’m so jealous. I just feel like, I know it’s so lovely and I’m so happy for them, but I just want to hug my mum so bad and my dad.’

This Morning continues weekdays from 10am on ITV. 

Teary: Meanwhile, Holly later revealed how much she misses her family as This Morning shared another set of clips of the emotional reunions, alongside messages from people sharing their experiences of reuniting

Teary: Meanwhile, Holly later revealed how much she misses her family as This Morning shared another set of clips of the emotional reunions, alongside messages from people sharing their experiences of reuniting