Gladiators star Zack George and wife Samantha broke down in tears recounting the devastating loss of their baby son on Tuesday’s episode of Loose Women.
The pair, who are also proud parents to daughter Ivy, two, welcomed their son Leo into the world on 26th March 2025 when he was just 23 weeks old.
13 days later Zack – who joined the BBC show in 2024 – announced the tragic news of his son’s death, after Leo suffered complications including brain bleeds, collapsed lungs and a hole in his heart.
Zack and Samantha took to the panel to open up to Ruth Langsford, 65, Coleen Nolan, 60, Myleene Klass, 47, and Katie Piper, 41, about their loss.
Their bravery to talk about such a sensitive subject really hit home to Myleene, who has been very open about her miscarriages in the past and has honoured for her services to women’s health, miscarriage awareness and charity.
Ruth said: ‘Myleene, you’re sitting there holding hands with Samantha, it is so devastating.’
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Gladiators star Zack George and wife Samantha broke down in tears recounting the devastating loss of their baby son on Tuesday’s episode of Loose Women (pictured)
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The pair took to the panel to open up to Ruth Langsford, 65, Coleen Nolan, 60, Myleene Klass, 47, and Katie Piper, 41, about their loss (pictured)
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Their bravery to talk about such a sensitive subject really hit home to Myleene, who has been very open about her miscarriages in the past (pictured)
Myleene paused and gathered herself before saying: ‘I am so so sorry. I think that you are so brave.’
She continued: ‘So brave. The fact that you can say the words four months later.’
Ruth pointed out that the couple, who tied the knot last year, want to honor his memory to make something positive come out of the heartbreaking situation.
The fitness fanatic will be taking part in a challenge where he will be doing a mile of burpees every day for 13 days.
Zack explained: ‘When Leo eventually passed away, the way I have to deal with grief, I have to have something positive come out of the situation.
‘I couldn’t, we just lost our baby boy, nothing else, nothing positive had come from this.
‘I had to try and turn it into a positive somehow and get some good out of it.
‘So straight away I just thought of a challenge. He was with us for 13 days, I know you mentioned Sam held Leo, one of my biggest regrets was that I was a bit too scared to hold him.
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Zack will be taking part in a challenge where he will be doing a mile of burpees every day for 13 days
‘He was so small and fragile. I never held him until the very last day.
‘That evening, things weren’t looking good.
‘We came in. He kind of waited for us.
‘That’s the only time we got to hold him, when he passed away.’
Samantha said: ‘He did pass away when Zack was holding him.’
‘It’s a magical moment, but no parent should hold him until his heart stops beating,’ Zack said holding back the tears.
Zack continued later: ‘We’re hoping that the challenge will raise awareness.
‘So I am going to be doing a burpe mile every day for 13 days straight.’
Myleene asked where she could donate, to which he explained: ‘We have Leo and Friends, which we set up, it’s got a website, Leo and Friends Foundation.
‘We’ve got our Instagrams as well, where the link is there.
I just want to spread awareness for premature baby loss as much as possible.
‘We’ve had so many people reach out to us and say thank you for talking about it, because they’ve gone through the same thing.’
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