Amanda Holden was moved to tears on Sunday night’s Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician as she was reunited with the midwife who saved her life.
The actress, 51, who appeared as a judge on the one-off special of the ITV talent show, died for 40 seconds and slipped into a four-day coma in 2012 during the birth of her daughter Hollie, 10.
And the Heart FM radio host broke down into tears when trickster Richard Jones, who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2016, produced the name of healthcare professional Pippa Nightingale on a card before bringing her on stage.
Richard told Amanda to think of someone in her life who was ‘very special’ and who had gone ‘above and beyond… when you needed it most’.
Visibly emotional, Amanda uttered Pippa’s name who she credited with saving her life when she delivered Hollie when she was a baby.
Soldier Richard then turned over a card to reveal Pippa’s name, before opening a box on stage from which she stepped out.
Amanda and Pippa shared an embrace on stage before Pippa went and took a seat in the audience.