Good Morning Britain star reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis after tragic death of his wife

GOOD Morning Britain presenter John Stapleton has revealed that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

The broadcaster, 78, who has had a vocation that has span 50 years, appeared connected This Morning Live connected Monday alongside his lad Nick to uncover the wellness news.

In the segment, Nick shared: "Over the past year, I've started to announcement that dada was seeming a spot much anxious, wasn't walking arsenic confidently and helium had this tremor successful his hand.

"So 2 months ago, helium went for immoderate tests and unluckily a fewer days aboriginal helium was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease."

He continued: "It was profoundly troubling news."

John past appeared connected camera and I've learnt my surviving for the champion portion of 50 years, it's precise frustrating astatine times erstwhile idiosyncratic says to you 'sorry, what did you say' and you person to repetition it yourself clip and clip again.

I'm reasonably pragmatic of the imaginable of this getting worse, I effort to stay affirmative due to the fact that what's the constituent of not being.

Nick admitted that the diagnosis did not travel arsenic a astonishment due to the fact that John's parent besides had Parkinson's successful the years earlier she died.

John recalled immoderate of the archetypal symptoms his parent experienced erstwhile she was archetypal diagnosed - including the "inability to unfastened a tin of beans oregon to peel a potato".

"I'm having the aforesaid occupation to an grade myself," helium said.

"In the end, she was locked successful her ain house, her manner changed dramatically and accidental excavation volition too."

Nick said helium present lasting successful his father's shoes, anticipating however helium volition enactment him done his Parkinson's disease.

"I'm uncovering it hard to navigate conversations with dada astir the world of what enactment helium mightiness request successful the adjacent fewer years.

"The astir utmost concern successful my mind, is what to bash if can't unrecorded connected his ain anymore."

Nick said the thought of talking to his begetter astir moving into a attraction location is "scary" due to the fact that it's the "last happening helium would want".

"I don't privation to patronise him but I americium worried, mum died 4 years agone and helium lives alone," Nick shared.

"If his symptoms get worse, we're going to request a plan."

Nick admitted helium volition person to person hard conversations with his begetter - but said it's "early days, dada is inactive beauteous independent".

He added: "I privation to commencement these conversations present to get immoderate perchance hard topics retired successful the open."

John opened up astir his symptoms saying helium was experiencing "continuous exhaustion and deficiency of energy".

"It's a classical grounds of Parkinson's apparently, I'm going to support taking the tablets and anticipation it gets better."