Overview

• The ITV presenter said her father, Denniston White, had been "living with a dark cloud he couldn't lift" and kept his pain to himself.
• In an Instagram statement posted Friday, she said the death occurred two weeks earlier.
• Her family said they will not hide the circumstances of their loss and are learning to cope with a new kind of grief.
• Relatives held a traditional Jamaican nine-night attended by hundreds to release their grief through food, music and celebration.
• She included helpline information and was met with an outpouring of condolences from Loose Women colleagues and members of the public.