Loose Women’s Brenda Edward moved the panel when she shared her heart-wrenching thoughts about bereavement.

Monday’s instalment of the ITV daytime show saw Charlene White, Linda Robson, Gloria Hunniford and Brenda sit down to discuss the latest topics.

The four women talked about how they ‘keep calm and carry on’ and Brenda opened up about how she has dealt with difficult times.

‘I like to say the keep calm and carry on T-shirt is permanently with me,’ she said. ‘Obviously everybody knows everything that I’ve been through, but it’s like you need a tool kit.’

The TV star elaborated how she believes you need different things to get you through trials in life.

Brenda explained: ‘You might have a ladder because you’ve got the ups and the downs, you might have a hammer because it just bashes you sometimes.

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Monday’s instalment of the ITV daytime show saw Charlene White , Linda Robson , Gloria Hunniford and Brenda sit down to discuss the latest topics

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The four women talked about how they ‘keep calm and carry on’ and Brenda opened up about how she has dealt with difficult times

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Brenda’s remarks come three years after her son, Jamal Edwards, pictured right, sadly passed away in February 2022

‘And I like a spirit level to keep me on the straight line and you’ve got to have some glue to try and put yourself back together after it.’

However, she went on to share, ‘Obviously I have had some people message and say ‘it’s nice to see you’re moving on.’ And I’m definitely not moving on from anything.’

Brenda added: ‘It gives me strength to remember, and it gives me strength to have a legacy to keep working on.

‘My family are so supportive and that means everything to me. Keep calm, keep smiling and carry on.’

Brenda’s remarks come three years after her son, Jamal Edwards, sadly passed away in February 2022.

The DJ and music entrepreneur tragically died from a cardiac arrest, brought on from cocaine and alcohol.

In 2023, Brenda broke down in tears as she emotionally reflected on being with her son Jamal when he passed away.

She tearfully described the moment her music producer son died at the age of 31 as ‘gut-wrenching’.

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She shared, ‘Obviously I have had some people message and say ‘it’s nice to see you’re moving on.’ And I’m definitely not moving on from anything.’

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The DJ and music entrepreneur tragically died from a cardiac arrest, brought on from cocaine and alcohol

Jamal gained fame from setting up new music platform SB.TV, which helped to launch Ed’s career.

Brenda opened up about his devastating d3ath and her struggles with grief on Ashley Cain’s MTV show Faces, emotionally sharing that she was with her son when he died.

She spoke about the news of Jamal’s d3ath being shared online just hours after his d3ath, admitting she will never get over the ‘anger’ she felt at the announcement being taken away from her.

Speaking on the episode she said: ‘I was with Jamal when he passed, me and his sister and I can say he was so peaceful but it was a gut-wrenching moment for me.’

The former X Factor star went on to speak about the news of Jamal’s d3ath being circulated on social media before she was able to put out an announcement.

Brenda admitted she was ‘very angry’ after seeing the news had broken on social media and said she doesn’t think she will ever come to terms with the ‘disrespect’.

She continued: ‘The one thing I didn’t like was the announcement of him passing was taken away from me. I think people should have just had that respect for him and for me.

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Jamal gained fame from setting up new music platform SB.TV which helped to launch Ed Sheeran’s career

‘That’s nobody else’s business, when I want to say whatever I want to say, then I should be able and I have the right to be announcing that. But that was taken out of my hands.

‘I was angry, very angry. It’s a shame because it took away from that moment of my grief to “who did that?”‘ It wasn’t even 24 hours. This was on the same night, it’s like 5-6 hours afterwards.

‘I can’t process this because social media is going crazy. That was a bit of disrespect I don’t think I’ll ever come to terms with.’