Singer Olly Murs paid tribute to his close friend Caroline Flack on the day of the former Love Island host’s funeral.
Olly, 35, who shot to fame on The X Factor went on to host spin-off show The Xtra Factor and then The X Factor with Flack, with the pair later becoming best friends and often being romantically linked together due to their close bond.
Taking to Instagram hours after Caroline had been laid to rest, Murs shared an adorable throwback video clip of the two presenting The X Factor, with the cheeky chap planting a kiss on Caroline’s cheek.
Olly paid a heartfelt tribute to his close friend Caroline Flack (Image: Olly Murs/Instagram)
Olly captioned the video clip: “Today was so hard but you know what goodbyes are not forever, goodbyes are not the end.
“They simply mean I’ll miss you Caz until we meet again xx”.
During the clip, Caroline is speaking to the studio audience while attempting to keep her cool as Olly kisses her cheek.
Olly planted a kiss on Caroline’s cheek during their X Factor stint (Image: Olly Murs/Instagram)
Grinning, Caroline turned to face her co-host and pal and let our a huge smile before they erupted into fits of laughter.
Fans and friends of Caroline commented on the snap, with her close friend Lou Teasdale saying: “Love you” with two love heart emojis.
One fan commented: “Sending love your way Olly at this tough time.”
Olly said that he was in tears when he heard the news about Caroline (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Ber)
While a second went on to add: “Beautiful video with beautiful people.”
Last week, Olly teared up while appearing on Loose Women.
The Voice UK host’s eyes filled up as he spoke about the loss of Caroline, saying: “It’s been tough, it doesn’t make sense to me.
Olly became emotional as he talked about his friend Caroline’s tragic death (Image: ITV)
“It was a massive shock.
“I was on holiday at the time so, yeah, the last couple of weeks has just been a bit… yeah.
“It’s so hard to even talk about it.”
The duo was known to flirt while they worked together (Image: Olly Murs/Instagram)
The Essex lad became choked up when a picture of him and Caroline emerged, adding: “Sorry, I just saw the photo.”
Caroline died aged 40 on February 15th 2019. A coroner ruled the cause of death as suicide.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
