Bobby Davro has opened up about having to perform standup gigs during some of the saddest times in his life, three years after the death of fiancée Vicky Wright.
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The comedy legend, 57, recalled struggling with grief and crying on his way to one perfomance, taking to the stage, before breaking down again once he was back in his dressing room.
Speaking during Hayley Palmer's show an Audience at The Hippodrome, Leicester Square in London, he insisted being a comedian helped him through.
He said: 'I've been going on stage, but being a comedian it actually helps, laughter is the best medicine' before quipping: 'unless you've got erectile disfunction then thats just cruel'.
'When I have been my saddest, you go on stage and you've got think about what you're doing you go on stage and it helps'
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Bobby continued: 'I've cried many times when I have lost people in my life and cried all the way to the venue'.
Bobby Davro has opened up about having to perform standup gigs during some of the saddest times in his life, three years after the death of fiancée Vicky Wright
The comedy legend recalled struggling with grief and crying on way his to one perfomance, taking to the stage, before breaking down again once he was back in his dressing room (pictured with Vicky in 2009)
'You go on and you do the show, people are laughing, you hear the laughter and then you go back in the dressing room and feel sad again'.
Bobby was left devastated when his partner – the daughter of late England captain Billy Wright and Beverley Sisters singer Joy Beverley – passed away in May 2023 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer aged 63.
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Bobby shared a message expressing his heartache over Vicky's passing, which he described as 'devastating'.
The former EastEnders star wrote: 'It's been just over a week since my beautiful @vickywright5459 left this world and its only now I feel strong enough to share my feelings.
'I want to thank everyone for their support and expressions of love and kindness you have shown me and Vicky's family and loved ones...
'To think we will never hear her voice to hear laughter look into her beautiful eyes see her smile to hold her and to kiss her is devastating and so incredibly painful.
'She will be in my thoughts and in my heart forever. She was my Schluffe and I loved her and always will.'
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Bobby then shared a stunning photo of Vicky and wrote: 'I will miss you so very much and I will love you forever. RIP my beautiful Schluffe. No more pain darling. No more pain.'
Speaking during Hayley Palmer's show an Audience at The Hippodrome, Leicester Square in London, he insisted being a comedian helped him through
He said: 'I've been going on stage, but being a comedian it actually helps, laughter is the best medicine' before quipping: 'unless you've got erectile disfunction then thats just cruel'
Bobby continued: 'I've cried many times when I have lost people in my life and cried all the way to the venue' (pictured together in 2010)
Bobby went back to work gigging just one day after Vicky died - as he vowed to perform through the pain so not to disappoint his fans who had bought tickets to the show.
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Despite his grief, Davro stepped on stage at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne on May 5 to perform four shows for his friend Jim Davidson's Ustreme online comedy channel.
Davidson took to his YouTube channel to confirm Bobby's appearance and praised the fellow showbiz legend for being a 'trooper' who knows the show must go on.
The former Big Break presenter said: 'We have to say goodbye Vicky Wright. It's a sad old day. I'm down here in Wimborne at the Tivoli Theatre on the set of Ustream's Left, Right and Centre, the award-winning panel show and I'm sitting in Miles Crawford's seat and we're all a little bit quiet today.
The following year Bobby offered a minor stroke after falling ill and collapsing during a live show in Surrey
He had just come off stage following a standing ovation at the sell-out gig before he suffered what he has described as a 'funny turn'.
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A source told The Sun: 'His condition has greatly improved and he's now resting at home. Clearly he's feeling much better as Bobby described his proximity to the hospital and the excellent care he received there as 'a real stroke of luck'.'