A This Morning star is paired with a grieving widower in Friday’s episode of Channel 4‘s First Dates.

Life coach Michelle Elman, 32 – who is a relationship expert who regularly contributes to the ITV show – goes on a date with a man called Greg with a heartbreaking story himself.

Michelle hit headlines last year when she revealed she had split from her fiance after discovering he cheated on the same day he proposed.

She enjoys some one-on-one time with Greg and they both share an emotional moment when he explains a bit about himself and his dating past.

Although he lost his girlfriend Anna in a car accident, he still manages to see some positives, as she saved lives due to the fact that she was an organ donor.

He goes on to explain that he feels like he is now ready to look for love again.

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This Morning star Michelle Elman (pictured) is paired with a grieving widower in Friday’s episode of Channel 4 ‘s First Dates

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The TV star – who is a relationship expert who reguarly contributes to the ITV show – goes on a date with a man called Greg with a heartbreaking story himself

In an exclusive sneak peek of tomorrow’s instalment, Greg recalls his heartbreak and says: ‘Monday morning, I got up for work, gave her a kiss, said bye, I love you, she shot up out of bed and gave me another kiss and a hug…

‘That was the last time I saw her.’

Then his date with Michelle appears on screen.

He tells Michelle: ‘She was on her way to work, drifted onto the other side and had a head on with a taxi driver…’

Greg continued the story and says to the camera: ‘I got a phone call [which] said Anna has been in a car accident. She’d damaged all the back of her brain that told her how to breathe.

‘Your life is turned upside down… We kept her on a machine for 24 hours just in case there was a miracle.’

Michelle tells him: ‘I don’t even know how you deal with that.’

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Greg recalls: ‘I got a phone call said Anna has been in a car accident. She’d damaged all the back of her brain that told her how to breathe…’

He replies: ‘You have to, don’t you?

‘There’s a lot of good that has come from it, to be fair.

‘She was on the organ donors list.

‘She saved six people’s lives which is amazing.’

He later tells camera: ‘So life does go on, and it does go on.

‘So yeah… I’m ready. I’m at that stage. It’s time.’

Back in April last year, Michelle tearfully opened up about how she ended her engagement with her boyfriend of nearly three years after just 24 hours.

She had found out he had cheated on her.

Michelle became a motivational coach after living through her own childhood experiences of life-threatening health problems, long stays in hospital and fifteen complex surgeries that left her scarred, both mentally and physically.

She had a brain tumour, a punctured intestine, an obstructed bowel, a cyst in her brain and a condition called hydrocephalus – where fluid builds up in the brain, causing, dangerous pressure that can be fatal if untreated.

Speaking on This Morning about the situation, Michelle said: ‘I was engaged and then a woman reached out and asked if he was my fiancé.

‘I ended up speaking to her for an hour on the phone. He was on a dating app, he was on a business trip and yeah…’

She added of the deceit: ‘I fully back myself. I am emotionally intelligent, smart, intelligent woman. I have every tool in my tool kit to notice red flags. If someone wants to lie to you they will.

‘Wholeheartedly I did not see any red flags. As a red flag the second you go on their phone, the relationship is gone. The trust is gone.’