Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt shares heartbreaking tribute after best friend’s death

Gogglebox prima Scarlett Moffatt has said she volition consciousness ‘eternally grateful’ for her champion person David ‘Ivo’ Iveson successful a tribute aft his decease from cancer.

On Instagram, the I’m A Celebrity star, 34, said she would miss Iveson ‘every day’ and their ‘2am texting club’ arsenic she recalled their decades of friendship.

Alongside assorted pictures of herself with Iveson, including astatine Winter Wonderland and Disneyland, she said she ‘cherished’ spending clip with him successful his last moments.

Scarlett wrote: ‘My champion person Ivo 💔 I’ve ne'er felt grief earlier & I don’t cognize however to constitute this caption, I volition emotion you ever & I volition consciousness eternally grateful for the decades of relationship we had.

‘I volition ever cherish these past fewer weeks and retrieve however I got to clasp your manus & archer you however overmuch I emotion you and archer you what you meant to maine – ohio and our 2am texting club. Every time you volition beryllium missed.’

Referencing Iveson’s spouse Charlotte and lad Archie, the TV presenter continued:’You didn’t merit immoderate of this and I volition everlastingly hatred crab for what it’s done. We volition ever beryllium determination for Charlotte & babe Archie. Love you to the stars and backmost @the_real_ivo.’

Scarlett’s followers shared their condolences with @leanneiles1 writing: ‘Losing a champion person hits different, harder immoderate how. I’m truthful atrocious for your loss. From 1 bereaved person to another.xx.’

Echoing their sentiment, @bedheadboutique said: ‘My bosom goes retired to you and each those who are hurting. I’m truthful sorry.’

@mrsbaker_2019 shared: ‘How awful, they ever instrumentality the champion ! I’m truthful atrocious for your nonaccomplishment 😢💔 xxxxx.’

X Factor stars Jedward besides added: ‘Thinking of you & sending emotion can’t judge you’ve mislaid a champion pal who meant truthful overmuch to you RIP Ivo.’

Scarlett archetypal roseate to prominence aft joining Gogglebox successful 2014 earlier leaving the Channel 4 amusement 2 years later.

She went connected to proceed her TV vocation connected I’m A Celebrity, wherever she was crowned Queen of the Jungle successful 2016.

Her different TV shows see the likes of Virtually Famous, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and Celebrity Karaoke Club.

Scarlett has besides fronted a documentary connected Channel 4, titled Britain’s Tourette’s Mystery, which saw her sermon however she developed abrupt onset tics erstwhile she was a teen portion she travelled astir the state to uncover imaginable causes of the condition.

In 2023, Scarlett revealed she had given commencement to her archetypal child, lad Jude, astatine 35 weeks with fiance Scott Dobinson.

She wrote connected Instagram astatine the time: ‘My darling lad I can’t halt crying looking astatine you arsenic I can’t rather judge you’re mine.

‘You wanted to conscionable america aboriginal astatine conscionable 35 weeks.

‘Me & your daddy emotion you truthful overmuch that I can’t adjacent enactment this feeling into words. Our bosom and psyche feels implicit and acceptable to burst.

‘I volition everlastingly and ever beryllium grateful to beryllium your mammy.

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