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‘Everything is a trigger’: Brenda Edwards breaks down in tears while singing Bridge Over Troubled Water because it reminds her of late son Jamal
Brenda Edwards broke down in tears while singing Bridge Over Troubled Water during Friday’s episode of Loose Women, as it reminded her of late son Jamal.
The panel, who were rehearsing the song to perform for Britain Get Singing on Christmas Eve, comforted the presenter, 53, during the emotional moment.
Music entrepreneur Jamal, died of a heart attack in February aged 31 after taking cocaine and drinking alcohol, at his West London home.
Emotional: Brenda Edwards, 53, broke down in tears while singing Bridge Over Troubled Water during Friday’s episode of Loose Women, as it reminded her of late son Jamal
Brenda was joined at the piano by Denise Welch, Coleen Nolan and Linda Robinson to practice the song in support of mental health campaign Get Britain Talking.
Giving her reasoning behind the song choice, she detailed: ‘All of my family they sing it in church, so it’s very poignant to me.
‘It got me a little upset as my son passed away earlier in the year and everything is a trigger. I’m so grateful to have the ladies as a unit around me.’
Tragic: Music entrepreneur Jamal, died of a heart attack in February aged 31 after taking cocaine and drinking alcohol , at his West London home (Pictured in 2014)
Upset: The panel, who were rehearsing the song to perform for Britain Get Singing on Christmas Eve, comforted the presenter during the emotional moment
The one off ITV show is set to show footage of the stars talking about their own mental health experiences before taking to the stage.
In groups, the country’s biggest TV stars from Emmerdale and Coronation Street including Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page, will go head-to-head.
Jamal died from a cardiac arrest after a late night cocaine and drinking session where he became paranoid and began throwing objects around the room before falling unconscious, an inquest heard in August.
Three small snap bags containing the remnants of white powder were found on the 31-year-old son of Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards after he collapsed at his west London home in February this year, the hearing was told.
Assistant West London Coroner Ivor Collett today ruled that Mr Edwards died after a cardiac arrest brought on by taking cocaine and drinking alcohol.
His heartbroken mother, Brenda, described him as ‘a beautiful and selfless person’ in a statement read to the inquest. Earlier this year she said she wanted his death to ‘help drive more conversation about the unpredictability of recreational drugs’.
The DJ and founder of online R&B/Hip-Hop platform SB.TV had returned to his home in Acton after 4am after playing a set in north London before he sat up drinking with a friend, Nick Hopper, who was living in an annex of the house.
Mr Hopper said that ‘he appeared to be his normal self’ and they ‘began to chat, smoke some weed and drink’ – but his famous friend then spoke about the pressure he was under.
After a while Mr Edwards became erratic and paranoid and began throwing objects around the room before collapsing, the inquest was told. Despite the best efforts of Mr Hopper and later his uncle, Rodney Artman, as well as paramedics, Mr Edwards did not wake up and was declared dead at 10.36am on Sunday February 20.
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