Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh says it took years to discover why she hates New Year's Eve after own tragedy

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Ranvir Singh opened up on Good Morning Britain about her own family tragedy which she only realised a few years ago had been the reason she hates New Year's Eve.

The presenter spoke about it on Friday's show (December 29) alongside co-host Richard Madeley. They were responding to a video which featured widower Ali who volunteers for the charity Grief Encounter as they gave a last push for their 1 Million Minutes campaign which encourages people to pledge their time to charities that tackle the issues of loneliness.

Now in its eighth year, this year's campaign has seen more than 100 million minutes pledged. In the emotional video, Ali told how she had lost her husband and was left a single mum to their children. "It's the worst experience that can happen to anyone," she said before sharing how she now volunteers with Gried Encounter as she wanted to help others in the way the charity had helped her. READ MORE: Ryan Thomas sends sweet message to fiancee Lucy Mecklenburgh after 'first' as fans jump to defence over daughter READ MORE: The latest news from the Manchester Evening News Responding to the VT, Richard said: "The real definition of empathy," before Ranvir shared: "It really resonates with me because I wish Grief Encounter had been around for me when I was nine because my dad died when he was 42. "I had a really similar story to Ali's actually and it makes me really grateful that Ali's there doing volunteering for other families and she was supported by Grief Encounter because I never had any of that." Asked by her co-host if it was a "sudden death", she replied: "He had a heart attack.