Rita Ora has praised her “truly heroic” mother Vera after she returned to the front line as an NHS doctor amid the coronavirus crisis.
The singer, who has signed up to be a volunteer for the health service, said she was inspired by her mother’s bravery. Appearing on ITV’s This Morning, she was asked if she was feeling nervous about her mother returning to work in hospital.
Ora said: “Selfishly, yes, of course, but again I think my mum thrives off doing her duty. “I don’t want to speak for her, but I think what made me want to volunteer, even if it’s something like delivering food to someone’s home or picking up medicine, whatever it is, I just found, seeing it firsthand, I felt ‘Oh gosh.