Overview
- The ITV presenter told his podcast audience he has cried frequently since losing the 12-and-a-half-year-old chocolate Labrador.
- He recounted a goodbye at the vet where relatives gathered after veterinarians concluded Hurley was too unwell to recover.
- Hurley was jointly cared for after the couple’s 2018 divorce, and McPartlin has previously credited the dog with supporting his addiction recovery.
- Armstrong posted throwback photos and the Rainbow Bridge poem on Instagram as celebrity friends offered condolences.
- Armstrong has since been photographed in Los Angeles with former bandmate Craig Robert Young, with tabloid reports suggesting the loss may close one of the pair’s remaining ties.