Gogglebox stars Lee and Keith’s heartbreak over being unable to see their granddaughter

Gogglebox’s Lee and Keith are heartbroken they’ve been unable to visit their eight-month-old granddaughter, Riley, due to Melbourne‘s stage-four lockdown.

Melburnians can only leave their homes for work, care-giving, medical reasons or on compassionate grounds.

The couple told TV Week they live just just 12 minutes away from Riley and her parents, but that’s still too far under the current COVID-19 restrictions.

‘She’s our daughter Shannon’s little girl and they live 12 minutes – but more than five kilometres – [away] from us. It’s just so hard. I miss her cuddles,’ Lee said.

Keith added: ‘She was just beginning to recognise our voices, too. I hope she doesn’t forget who we are.’

The Gogglebox favourites welcomed their first grandchild in January.

The pair, who have been married for 34 years, announced via Instagram the new addition to their family, a little girl named Riley.

The Melbourne-based couple posted a series of photos of the adorable newborn, and sweetly said that she was already ‘pa’s girl’.

‘The love is huge, Riley is Pa’s girl,’ they captioned one video of Keith holding Riley. 

‘Hi there Riley, I’m your Pa, welcome to the clan!’ Keith said in the clip.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared a State of Disaster earlier this month after 671 new COVID-19 cases emerged in one day.

This means that Melbourne is under a police-enforceable curfew of 8pm until 5am until at least September 13, as the rest of Australia returns to business as usual.