It's still a very trying time': Peter Andre opens up about coping

He was left devastated when his beloved brother Andrew passed away just before Christmas.
Speaking out about the loss, the pop star has admitted that he is still struggling to come to terms with what happened, but is trying to turn a negative into a positive by launching his own charity.
Talking about his brother's death on This Morning on Tuesday, he said: 'Sometimes people lose friends and distant relatives and they feel sorry, but there's not a pain that you feel when it's directly.'
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'Trying time': Peter Andre opened up about the death of his brother, Andrew, on This Morning on Tuesday

Opening up to Holly Willloughby and Phillip Schofield the reality star, 40, said admitted that his family are still coming to terms with what happened.
'My brother Michael said to me when this situation happens, you don't get over it, you just get on with it. And you do go back to work and you think 'what am I doing? why am I back doing this?' he admitted.

 

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'Its still a very trying time and there's got to be something we can do to turn this in some way to a positive,' he added.
Peter and his family agreed for his reality show, My Life, which showed Andrew's final days, to be broadcast just a couple of weeks after his death.

 

 

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Coping with the pain: Peter admitted that although it's been a painful experience, he needs to help others who are in the same position

 

 

'We've got to do something': Peter has decided to team up with Cancer Research UK to launch his own foundation

'I shouldn't admit this, but I didn't see the show - I will see it - but because I've lived it, its not as easy to watch it,' he said.
'Yes, you slightly grieve publicly... but you deal with things front on and I'm so glad that the show seems to be doing well,' he added.
Looking for a way to deal with Andrew's death and help other people who are going through the same thing, the star has teamed up with Cancer Research to launch The Peter Andre Foundation.

 

Moving forward: Despite his grief, the reality star is doing his best to focus on his family and girlfriend Emily

'Today is all about a positive angle on this... when a tragedy happens in your family, you get angry at the disease, you turn your back on it, you don't want to know about it,' he said.
'And then eventually you turn around and say 'hang on a second, we've got to do something' because there are many families that are going through this now,' he added.
'I'm not coming here thinking that I'm going to change the world, but me and my family want to help get one step closer to the cures and they are getting so close,' he said.
Speaking about girlfriend girlfriend Emily MacDonagh, Peter said: 'She's an amazing amazing girl. Being completely out of the industry that we're in, you can go home and talk about the things that are completely different.'

 

Beloved brother: Andrew's final days were shown just a few weeks after his death on Peter's ITV2 reality show

'She's a lovely lovely girl and she's out there saving lives. In a year from now she'll be Doctor Emily... I'm really proud of her,' he added.
Andrew was diagnosed with cancer in February last year and within weeks had flown to the UK from his home in Australia so he could be with his family while going through treatment.
Since the spring, Andrew and his wife Magda had been living with Peter and his two children Junior and Princess at the singer's Sussex home.
When Peter was told by doctors that his brother didn't have long to live, he said it was the 'worst possible end to the year'.
For more information on Peter's charitable foundation, visit www.peterandre.com/foundation

 

Speaking out: Peter launched his charity on This Morning, chatting to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby