Ex-Communards star Coles: I am looking forward after loss of partner
Sherna Noah, PA Senior Entertainment Correspondent
1 April 2021, 10:22 am
Rev Richard Coles says he is “facing forward” while grieving his partner.
The broadcaster’s civil partner, the Rev David Coles, died after suffering from alcoholism.
The ex-Communards star told BBC Breakfast that his experience of grief has been “like being gripped by sudden madness that comes upon you”.
And he said: “One of the issues is that people want to master grief, but you don’t master grief.
“Grief masters you. It’s one of those things that you just have to let happen.”