Laura Whitmore has said she "didn't know how she was supposed to react" when she suffered a miscarriage last year.
The 35-year-old Love Island presenter, who is in a relationship with comedian Iain Stirling, suffered a miscarriage back in 2018 and found out she had lost her baby during her 12 week scan.
Speaking to Katherine Ryan on the latest episode of her podcast series Castaway, Whitmore explained how she was attending her comedy gig that evening.
"I've never told you this, but I remember in my situation about two years ago when we went for our scan, it was supposed to be our first proper scan, and it was that night I was going to see your show.
"We had gone to go for the scan and there was no heartbeat."
"Was I supposed to be upset? Was I supposed to be 'ok ok' and move on?" she continued.
"I remember Iain saying to me, 'should we just go home,' and I said, 'I can’t,'" she said.
"I want to have a little bit of escapism for an hour and I want to laugh and I want to watch a show and then I'll deal with it."
The former MTV star said she was determined to see Katherine's show that night, adding: "For me, that was so important to see your show."
In October, Whitmore penned a personal essay for Hot Press magazine in which she detailed her shock at discovering she was expecting her first child, the difficulty hiding her pregnancy, and the moment the doctor told her the baby didn't have a heartbeat during a scan.
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