Trisha Goddard was close to tears as she thanked a nurse who she credits with "saving her life."
The chat show legend, 63, appeared on tonight's Piers Morgan's Life Stories, recalling her attempt to take her own life.
Piers asked: "You tried to take your own life. How serious were you?"
"Everybody's serious," Trisha said "there's no such thing as a cry for help."
She added: "It was about just not wanting to be or feel that pain anymore.
"What brought me back is my baby needed breastfeeding. And there was a nurse there called Elaine.
"And Elaine, if you're watching this, you know, you saved my life. Never mind about the psychiatrist, this one nurse.
"People were talking about taking my children away from me, and that would have been the end.
"Elaine brought toys for Billy to play with. She allowed me to be a mom and she watched and she told me I was a good mum.
"And that reminded me of my meaning, that I wasn't useless or hopeless. All the voices in my head that told me I was a failure.
"And this one nurse was the one who got through to me."
Daughter Billie added: "I'm so proud of Mum. I think especially when you live with someone day in, day out and you actually see how hard mum has always worked, I'm in awe."
Trisha also opened up about the racist abuse she's received throughout her life, her cancer battle and learning her late first husband has AIDS.
*Piers Morgan's Life Stories airs at 9pm on Thursday on ITV.
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