Former soap star Ross Kemp has revealed he shared lots of laughs on a recent visit to his former onscreen mother, Barbara Windsor, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Kemp, who played Grant Mitchell on EastEnders told Good Morning Britain that when he went to catch up with his "very brave" screen mother one cup of tea turned into five.
"I saw her on Monday. I went for a cup of tea and I was there for three-and-a-half hours," he said.
"I think her and husband Scott have been very brave putting it out there and hopefully it will help people with the same condition be more open about it.
"What she's done is very brave. She's got a great husband in Scott, who has been very supportive.
"I think it will help others if they want to talk about it, to be able to. And the more we talk about any issue in our lives the better we are dealing with it."
The star added: "I went for a cup of tea and I had five cups of tea, three shortbread biscuits, which I'm not supposed to have on my diet, and I laughed a lot.
"She's got this great ability. When she walks through that front door, she's on... It was like seeing my second mum."
