Kéllé: My real-life knife crime horror

KÉLLÉ Bryan has revealed her latest TV project is her most personal yet.

- by ED GLEAVE

The Loose Women panellist stars as nurse Yvonne in a new BBC drama Crongton a series about youngsters being targeted by gangs.

Sadly, it's a topic that has already affected Kéllé's life.

The former Eternal singer is still picking up the pieces after losing her own cousin to knife crime.

"This is a topic that's very close to my heart," she says. "It's affected my family.

"We lost my cousin because of knife crime. He went to pick up a Chinese takeaway and never came home.

"When it happened there was a numbness for everybody. I don’t really know how to articulate how we felt.

"It was shock, it was horror and it was disbelief."

The 50-year-old and her relatives are still devastated and angry over the loss.

She thought often about her late cousin while filming the series, which also features A Thousand Blows star Darryl Lane.

"As a family, the sadness never goes away," she admits. "That space is always there at family gatherings.

"There were similarities with the show and what happened in my real life. It meant I could pull on that to make my performance more realistic. I know my family will be proud when they see it."