Michael, 67, opened up about his relationship with the late Princess Diana on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, as well as speaking about his issues with substance addition.
Sitting down with Piers, 53, the comedian recalled the aftermath of the events which occurred in 1997 when the Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in Paris.
The comedian explained to the Good Morning Britain presenter he heard the news whilst in Brixton’s Fringe gay club, going on to speak of the ramifications the royal’s death had on him.
“I was distraught. It was only the Friday night I was with her,” the television personality told the ITV chat show host.
It wouldn’t have been so bad
Michael Barrymore
Michael went on to detail the last conversation with the Princess, telling Piers: “I went round there in the afternoon and she was seeing Dodi [Fayed] at the time and she said, ‘I’m going to Paris tonight. I’ll see you and the boys on Wednesday.’
“And that never happened. She died,” an emotional Michael stated, with the comedian then going on to refer to his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Believing if Princess Diana was still alive, he may have had greater support when it came to his addiction, Michael explained: “I have a feeling that if she was around it wouldn’t have been so bad.”
Piers put to the star: “She would have helped you?” to which an emotional Michael replied: “Yeah.”
The entertainer added: “You can’t help somebody get out of what they have actually done. But what happened and the way it happened – which again, we will come on to – she would have helped me through it.”
In dealing with his addiction to drugs and alcohol, Michael has entered rehab on a number of occasions and is currently in a continuing period of sobriety.
Five years after his last appearance on television, Michael broke down in tears at the end of the interview with the chat show host.
Overcome with emotion, Michael apologised for shedding the tears as he exclaimed: “Sorry, f******g hell.”
Sympathising with the entertainer, Piers told Michael: “It’s not easy going over this stuff must be very difficult for you.”
Viewers at home commended the former Strike It Lucky presenter, with one posting on Twitter: “That was hard to watch at the end. Would love to see Barrymore back on TV presenting again #LifeStories.”
Another added: “@piersmorgan @MrBarrymore great show tonight #LifeStories grew up watching this man on various shows on Saturday evenings. Raw emotion there.”
With I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! champion Harry Redknapp, 72, the next famous face to sit down with Piers, this series has already seen the likes of TV veteran Sir Michael Parkinson, 84, and Spice Girl Mel B, 44, chat with the Good Morning Britain host.
Speaking with Piers about the death of his father Jack Parkinson from lung disease pneumoconiosis in 1975, veteran presenter Michael explained: “I’d never seen anybody I loved die and I saw my dad die.
“You could see him withering away. For a man as vigorous as he was, it was like watching leaves fall from a tree.
“He knew how much I loved him. I never found it difficult to say that to him – nor he to me,’ the emotional former chat show host continued.
Piers also took on President Donald Trump, 72, earlier this week for a one-off interview, grilling the politician on topics such as climate change and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, 37.
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories continues Saturday at 9.35pm on ITV
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