Strictly Come Dancing skilled Robin Windsor was discovered useless in a resort room in February 2024, together with his good friend and dance companion Lisa Riley paying tribute to him on Loose Women
Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley has publicly spoken for the primary time for the reason that inquest into Robin Windsor’s loss of life
An emotional Lisa Riley has publicly spoken for the primary time for the reason that inquest into Robin Windsor’s death.
The former Strictly Come Dancing skilled, who graced the present from 2010 to 2023, was simply 44 when he was found useless in a resort room in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, in February 2024.
Lisa and Robin developed a robust bond after partnering within the 2012 sequence of the favored BBC dance competitors, with the Emmerdale star referring to the dancer as her “rock” and “best friend” throughout a difficult interval in her life.
An inquest revealed that Windsor battled mental health issues, debt, and “imposter syndrome” after being let go from Strictly.
In the wake of his loss of life, Lisa has utilised her affect to again psychological well being charities, together with taking up an envoy position for SANE, to “keep his sparkle alive”, studies the Mirror.
Discussing Robin’s loss of life on Tuesday’s (February 13) episode of ITV’s Loose Women alongside Kaye Adams, Coleen Nolan and Janet Street-Porter, she mentioned: “He is my one in a million friend and in meeting him I just knew he was, like my firework and my male me.
“It’s been actually exhausting since he handed and it has been two years. Last Thursday was the anniversary, two years have passed by and also you assume to your self ‘how might I’ve misplaced such a beautiful individual in my life?’ and ‘why was his life taken so, so quickly?’ He was too young to die.”
Lisa continued: “I at all times had belief points however with him he was there for me, if it was 10 previous three within the morning and vice versa, I’d know that he would choose that cellphone up.
“It was a friendship like no other and I said at his funeral ‘Why would he not want to be here anymore?’ And with suicide, it’s so hard because you don’t understand why they’re going to take their life.”
When questioned whether or not she nonetheless speaks to her departed good friend, Lisa responded: “Yeah. I really like bling and sparkle and he embraced that in me.
“He allowed me to have that sparkle in that disco, which was him, and he leaves that legacy, you already know? And, yeah, I’ll at all times have him.
“I mentioned that earlier than that he can be my backpacking life. He’s with me, and I need to maintain that going endlessly. And if meaning serving to folks with psychological health issues, then I need to try this.”
Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 12.30pm
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