Lorraine viewers were left emotional on Friday when the show's Change + Check choir, featuring Joss Stone, performed a new charity single called 'Golden'. The song was dedicated to Hannah Hawkins, a 33 year old producer for Lorraine who sadly passed away from secondary breast cancer.
Joss Stone, 36, joined the choir and features on the single after hearing about the campaign during a recent appearance on Lorraine. She shared: "It's a wonderful song. It means a lot to me, to all of us. Especially my cousin Jo, who has gone through breast cancer and she's here today. She's been the most inspiring person I know."
Lorraine producer Helen Addis also spoke before the live performance and said: "It's a real pinch-me moment and I cannot believe I'm sat on the sofa with this one [Joss Stone]! What is so powerful and so golden about it this year is that we're doing it in memory of our dear, darling producer Hannah Hawkins. She lost her life a week ago today to secondary breast cancer.
"She was a dear friend of ours. We all love her and we're going to miss her very, very much but we want to dedicate this to her, to Rory her little baby who's barely nine weeks old and to her husband Tom. He actually posted this morning that this was the last song that the three of them listened to."
Fans took to X, formally Twitter, to share their emotional reactions to the Change + Check campaign, choir and new charity single. One viewer wrote: "#Lorraine Joss Stone and change +check choir- just beautiful. Lady singing on back row in glasses made me [cry emoji] well done ladies".
A second shared: "I recently lost a dear friend 2 bowel cancer and watching Joss and the choir singing Golden has wrecked me. Let's get this song 2 number 1!!! #Lorraine" A third added: "Wow Golden from #Lorraine is a very moving song."
The campaign, which raises awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, was founded by ITV Lorraine producer and breast cancer survivor Helen Addis. Profits from the single will go to breast cancer charity Future Dreams.
Lorraine's Change + Check campaign was created five years ago and focuses on raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, with advice on how to check your breasts.
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