SUSANNA Reid and Lorraine Kelly have sent their love and support to Fiona Phillips following her devastating Alzheimer's diagnosis.
The 62-year-old last night revealed she is battling the same condition that "ravaged" her family.
Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna delivered the news about Fiona's heartbreak to viewers today, saying: "We're all sending our huge best wishes to Fiona Phillips because of course well known to all of you as the former presenter of GMTV for more than a decade I think and just a hugely popular presenter and journalist.
"We all know and love her, she's also been an incredible advocate for families living with Alzheimer's."
Susanna added: "Her mother was diagnosed in her 50s, her symptoms were certainly picked up in her 50s, her father then in his 60s and her uncle as well.
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"And now Fiona herself has been diagnosed, it's called young-onset Alzheimer's. She was diagnosed at the age of 61."
Meanwhile, Lorraine Kelly also paid tribute to "quite amazing" Fiona Phillips following the TV star's devastating Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis.
The ITV anchor, 63, told how her former breakfast TV colleague was "incredible" in a touching segment to preview her Lorraine daytime show.
When previewing her show today, Lorraine told Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid, 52, and Ed Balls, 56, of her feelings.
Addressing the mum of two, she said: "She looks incredible, she is incredible.
"She is being quite amazing."
Later, when fronting her show live, Lorraine again addressed the "very sad news."
She told how she knew the former GMTV host "incredibly well."
Lorraine told Dr Hilary: "It's really sad news but she's [Fiona's] being really brave, really optimistic as we would expect.
"It's a cruel, horrible disease."
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The anchor then branded Fiona a "superwoman" for juggling her former breakfast Tv hosting role with raising her kids and looking after her parents, who also suffered from Alzheimer's.
The broadcaster is best known for being the lead anchor, alongside Eamonn Holmes, on GMTV in the 90s and early noughties.
Fiona joined the show in 1993 as entertainment correspondent, but hit the big time when she was promoted to being the ITV breakfast show's main host.
But in August 2008, Fiona announced that she was to leave GMTV for "family reasons".
Both of Fiona's late parents - Neville and Amy - died from Alzheimer's, and she has tragic memories of their deterioration.
The cruel blow, which Fiona has been secretly living with for 18 months, has come earlier in life than she had anticipated.
She told the Mirror: “It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80. But I was still only 61 years old.
“I felt more angry than anything else because this disease has already impacted my life in so many ways; my poor mum was crippled with it, then my dad, my grandparents, my uncle. It just keeps coming back for us.”
She is being supported by her husband Martin Frizell, 64, who has faced his own crisis in recent months as the editor of ITV's This Morning.
The popular star suffered from brain fog and extreme anxiety prior to her diagnosis, which was so bad she feared she'd never work on TV again.
She put it down to the effects of the menopause and said she cried "a thousand rivers" and "feared for her sanity".
She added: "God, it’s horrible, I haven’t worked for the first time in my life, I can’t do television work because I’m so anxious and just scared of everything and I’m not that kind of person at all.
"I have the intent to do everything I used to do, but then your body, your brain, doesn’t let you.
"I hope to God this isn’t the end of my career."
She is currently taking drugs to slow the illness's progression and is hoping to join a trial programme through University College Hospital for experimental medication Miridesap.
