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Kirk Norcross tells Loose Women panel he's battling with PTSD after dad Mick's death; Ex TOWIE star Kirk Nocross gave a candid interview about his dad Mick's suicide on Thursday's Loose Women.

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Byline: By, Simon Duke

Kirk Noceoss opened up about his battle with PTSD in an emotionally charged live TV interview about his dad Mick who committed suicide last year.

Kirk appeared on Loose Women on Thursday in support of the ITV show's 'Stand By Your Man' campaign and talked openly about how he coped with his dad's death.

Mick, 57, who starred on TOWIE alongside Kirk and owned the famous Sugar Hut club in Essex, tragically took his own life at his home in Bulphan in January last year, with son Kirk the person who found his body.

Kirk bravely opened up about the day that will be ingrained in his thoughts forever during his appearance on Loose Women, telling host Charlene White and panellists Denise Welch, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore that he'd seen Mick that morning for breakfast and gone through some of his new business ideas with him.

The alarm was raised by Mick's partner after she couldn't get in touch with him and, recalling how he knew straight away that something was gravely wrong, Kirk said: "I do not know why but I knew what had happened. I don't know why."

As Kirk struggled to get his words out, Nadia, giving him some support old Kirk: "You're doing brilliantly. It must be have been very difficult for you. You went round there with this feeling..."

Kirk continued: "We knew he'd locked himself in the house and I just smashed through the door. I found him.

"I gave him CPR but I knew he was gone. I knew.

"It was like my life ended but I had so much to do at the same time. I just thought 'what would my dad have done in that situation'"

Kirk then told the Loose Women panel he'd been diagnosed with PTSD in the aftermath of Mick's death.

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