Susanna Reid left the Good Morning Britain studio to comfort the mother of Levi Davis following an interview about the missing X Factor star.

Rugby union player Levi, who appeared on Celebrity X Factor in 2019, was last seen on 29 October exiting the Old Irish Pub on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain. He had left Ibiza hours earlier.

On Wednesday (25 January), the 24-year-old’s mother Julie appeared on Gmb where she tearfully appealed for help in the search for her son.

“Before he left, there was a message – I don’t know, maybe [from] powers from up above – that said to me, ‘Give him a hug because you just don’t know if this is going to be your last,’” Julie said, before stopping to hold back tears.

Reid reached across the table and squeezed the guests’s hand, telling her: ‘What’s encouraging about [reporter Nick Dixon] being out there is he...