Charlie Webster shocks Holly Willoughby with claim she ‘spoke to DEATH’ during Malaria battle

CHARLIE Webster left Holly Willoughby and Ben Shephard astonished when she said she had spoken to death during her battle with Malaria.

The This Morning presenter and her stand-in host were left shocked when sports presenter Charlie spoke about her traumatic fight with the disease that left her close to dying.

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"Each day when I was aware I thought I was somewhere else and this day I felt I was in this black room, I was in a dark room and I was having a conversation with Death or God, or who knows what it was and that told me to go.

"And they're telling me it's your time now, you're finished and I was like 'well, OK, well maybe it is. I'm 33 but I've fought really hard and people know I love them and I've tried to do the best I can and live my life' and all these things were going around my head."

She added: "Within a split second I said no, I can't yet. I can't, I've got too much to do, and I feel that I made a decision to stay alive there and then."

The 33-year-old had just completed a 3,000-mile bike ride for charity on her way out to the Rio Olympics when she contracted the disease.

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Speaking exclusively to The Sun last month, Webster said: “I went into shock. Words can’t describe the pain I was in.”

Charlie described how she “spoke” with Death as she lay stricken.

The Team GB ambassador had been placed in a coma as doctors battled to work out what had caused her vital organs to collapse following a 3,000-mile charity cycle ride.

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It came after one medic announced: “We don’t know what is wrong yet, but we need you to know that you are dying.”

Bravely recalling her days in the coma Charlie, who was due to be the official presenter of Team GB’s online content during the Olympics, said she believes she came moments from death.

She said: “This is what is traumatising me a little bit — I remember having a conversation with Death and whether I was going to live or not.

“I just saw myself and we were in this black space and we weren’t people, we were just an energy. Death said to me, ‘Come on, you’ve got to go’.

“I actually said Yes to start with — like I’m happy to die because I just couldn’t do it any more.

“There’s no words to describe how much pain I was in.

“I feel awful as I wanted to die and remember being happy with what I’ve done with my life.”

At that point during her interview with The Sun brave Charlie — who according to friends  never cries — broke down in tears.

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After recovering, she went on:  “Oh God it’s awful, it makes me upset. But within a second of saying that I thought ‘No’. And I remember shouting ‘No, no. no’.”

“The last thing I thought was that I haven’t made a will, I need to make sure my money goes to my family.

“I also remember a promise I made to my mum that I wouldn’t leave her, weirdly enough, before I set out on the cycle ride.

“She had a feeling that something was going to go wrong before the race.

“So I said, ‘I’ve only come so far in the mission of what I want to complete in my life. I’ve got to do this. I’m not dying. No chance’. Then I was kind of back.

“It was so real. You know when you have dreams, but I remember this so clearly.”

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Charlie, who hit fame as a Sky Sports News presenter but has also worked for  Channel 4, Channel 5, the BBC and ITV, is now recovering from her ordeal.

She fell ill after riding across Brazil to raise money for the .

She arrived in Rio on Thursday, August 4 and attended the Olympics opening the next day before admitting herself to hospital on the night of the ceremony, thinking she was dehydrated.

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