Declan Donnelly has paid a heartbreaking tribute at the funeral of his late brother, Father Dermott Donnelly, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 55.DISCOVER: Declan Donnelly's stylish £5m family home is full of personal tributesIn emotional words, the I'm a Celebrity host said: "We can't believe he's gone, we still can't understand why he's gone - but we trust God took him because his talents were needed elsewhere.
We as a family will miss him immeasurably." The TV star added that he felt the world was a "worse place" now that his brother had passed.WATCH: Declan Donnelly shares framed photo taken inside Buckingham PalaceHe also shared some sweet family memories of growing up with Dermott as a brother, saying: "Dermott and I, being the youngest boys, were confined to the bottom bunks, and on the occasions when my five or six-year-old overactive imagination created monsters under the bed, I would run out of bed, jump into Dermott's bunk and he would calm me down in the middle of the night with stories he invented."MORE: Is this why Ant McPartlin moved away from Declan Donnelly?READ: Why Declan Donnelly's son's birth is doubly bittersweetHe also went on to praise his brother's "fantastic sense of humour and fantastic sense of adventure" and ability to fundraise, joking: "You name it, Dermott monetised it."Dec's TV co-host, Ant McPartlin also had kind words for Dermott, and in a tribute, he wrote: "Father Dermott you were the kindest, wisest man I knew.
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