Gok Wan shaves hair live on This Morning in support of young family member battling cancer

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Gok Wan has been applauded from This Morning viewers as he shaved his head live on show for very poignant reason.

The stylist and presenter appeared alongside Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield at the starts of Thursday's show and explained how his cousin's young daughter, Alyssa, was diagnosed with leukaemia six weeks ago.

Gok admitted to feeling nervous about what he was about to do before adding that he was "out of his comfort zone". "There are so many kids and young people going through this right now so I said I would do something to support her," he explained, when Phillip suggested Alyssa forced him into it.