Reverend Richard Coles opens up on partner's tragic deathI’m a Celebrity.../ ITV
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00:002019, so it's five years at Christmas.
00:02I love Oti. We know each other from when we did Strictly together.
00:06And Oti knew David, my late partner.
00:09And it's a difficult conversation to have sometimes,
00:12but I think when someone is frank and candid and open with you
00:16and generous, then be frank and open and candid and generous back.
00:20How are you feeling now, or every Christmas?
00:25I miss him.
00:27And I want him to walk in the door.
00:29I had a dream he walked in the door and he was just carrying a co-op bag.
00:33He's only been shopping.
00:34And I said to him, I thought you were dead.
00:35And he said, no, no, I've just been out shopping.
00:38And I said, oh, that's nice to see you.
00:40Thanks for coming by.
00:41And he said, I'm not staying, I've met somebody else.
00:44But he's, I mean, he's just left a massive hole in my life.
00:48And I'm living my life around that loss.
00:50And I've met Dickie now, and that's great.
00:53So we're building a relationship together.
00:55But I just miss David very much.
00:58Can I ask how did he pass?
01:00He had an alcohol problem, let's see.
01:03And in the end, it was, he got alcoholic liver disease.
01:07And that's what killed him.
01:08He was 43.
01:10Oh, he was really young.
01:11Yeah, you know, you have to have a vicar.
01:15I deal with it all the time.
01:17I know what bereavement looks like.
01:18I know what to do.
01:19But when it happens to you, it's just like a bomb going off.
01:24Prior to my conversation with Richard,
01:26I think I saw him as this wise God who knew everything.
01:31But now, I see pain.