THE cast of Celebrity Gogglebox were left moved to tears as the show broadcast a heartbreaking real-life tragedy.
Clare Balding and MasterChef star Gregg Wallace were among those left wiping away tears at the spine-chilling scenes.
Clare Balding broke down in tears on Celeb Gogglebox
Gregg Wallace was left overcome
The show showed the final moments of diver Steve
On the Channel 4 show, the cast watched a clip from the diving documentary The Deepest Breath, on Netflix.
The show left the cast stunned when it transpired that one of the participants had fatally drowned in a moment that was captured on-camera.
It wasn’t the first shock from the eye-opening documentary about individuals who partook in ‘free diving’ which resulted in them being underwater without oxygen for extended periods of time.
Earlier on, stars on the show, including Denise Van Outen and Duncan James, were left gasping as one of the participants was left needing mouth-to-mouth after collapsing underwater and being starved of oxygen.
However, things took a darker turn in a brutally bittersweet love story.
The documentary followed a couple who were embarking on the most dangerous dive possible.
It was revealed that this particular location was thought to have claimed the lives of more than 100 people who dove in it.
Alessia Zecchini headed into the water whilst her partner waiting on the surface until he had the green light to head down with some rope himself to bring them both safely back to the water’s edge.
Her partner, Steve, waited an extra 20 seconds longer than he should of to swim down for reasons never disclosed.
Shockingly, his partner had completed her section of the dive 10 seconds earlier than planned – resulting in a colossal 30 seconds gap between them which left Alessia swimming in the wrong direction.
Speaking to the camera in an interview afterwards, she said: “I suddenly saw Steve in front of me.
“I remember he took my hands.
“And he swam, bringing me to the surface.
“He rescued me, but I couldn’t rescue him.”
It soon transpired that by him saving her and pushing her to the surface, he had lost his own life by collapsing underwater.
The Channel 4 stars were left saddened at the heartbreaking tragedy.
Gregg Wallace was left wiping away tears whilst Clare Balding broke down in tears and was left being comforted by her wife, Alice Arnold.
Clare was comforted by her wife
Alessia survived but Steve did not
