For years, Reverend Ruth Scott calmed the nerves of listeners in her frequent Pause for Thought broadcasts on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
However, the 60-year-old's latest - and likely her final - broadcast yesterday left listeners in floods of tears after she revealed from her hospital bed that she has just weeks to live after battling cancer for two years.
Reverend Ruth was interviewed on Virgin Radio at Southampton General Hospital by close friend Chris Evans, who she has worked with for almost a decade at his previous station Radio 2.
Listeners took to Twitter after hearing the interview, praising Chris for his gentle interviewing style, calling it 'some of the best radio I've ever heard'.
Another described it as a 'soul enhancing start to the day'.
Reverend Ruth Scott is best known for presenting on BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought. She was told at the beginning of February that she has just weeks to live
In the moving interview, the reverend spoke to close friend Chris Evans (pictured), who she worked alongside on his Radio 2 Breakfast show for ten years
Listeners praised her bravery, calling her 'wonderfully inspiring' and encouraged others to listen to her honest interview with Chris
'I've got to accept the fact that I am dying': Ruth was praised online for her honesty and bravery, with many listeners calling her an inspiration
At the interview's start, she told the Virgin host: 'I might not be coherent'.
Reverend Ruth was diagnosed two years ago with a lymphoma and has been having treatment ever since.
The mother-of-two said she had been hoping to have a donor stem cell treatment.
However, she was told at the start of February that it was not possible, and that she had just weeks to live.
Chris mentioned her work as a missionary, a nurse and a midwife before describing her as 'a hand to hold for thousands of people in her life'.
She bravely told Chris: 'I've got two or three weeks to live at most so we're in the middle of saying goodbyes with the family and thinking about how it is to be separating from one another.'
She said: 'Death feels very weird at one level, but it feels very natural at another level.
How Reverend Ruth Scott went from a nursing career to the altar and the airwaves of Radio 2
Reverend Ruth Scott is an Anglican priest, writer and broadcaster.
Originally from Essex, her working life began as a student nurse in St Thomas Hospital, London. She went on to train as a midwife, and later became a Sister Counsellor.
After leaving nursing in 1985, she began freelancing as a journalist and local broadcaster.
In 1992 she started training as a priest, and became one of the first women to be ordained in the Church of England in 1994.
From there, she became involved with interfaith dialogue and broadcasting for the BBC.
She regularly presented Pause for Thought and Good Morning Sunday on Radio 2, Prayer for the Day and The Moral Maze on Radio 4 as well as programmes on the World Service.
'I've got to accept the fact that I'm dying. I'm not frightened. I've had the most fantastic life. I just wish that it had been longer.'
Reverend Ruth also mentioned a tender moment in which her son sat at her bedside and asked her if she could give him 60 years of wisdom in one day.
'[My son] Tian keeps saying to me I love you, but it's because I won't be able to tell you for very much longer'.
Chris began the interview by saying that the broadcasting pair have known each other for over 10 years. It's possible to listen to the full 20 minute interview online
Listeners took to Twitter to share their feelings on the interview, with many saying they were in tears
Reverend Ruth said she thought she'd end up in a wicker coffin, or scattered in the Bay of Brodick and described planning a 'celebratory' memorial service of colour.
Chris and Reverend Ruth refused to say goodbye at the end of the 20-minute interview as they admitted 'who knows' what comes next.
Taking to Twitter after the show - which can be listened to in full on Chris Evans' podcast - many listeners shared their thoughts on Ruth's powerful interview.
One wrote: 'Live life with grace, gratitude, generosity...Reverend Ruth on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show.'
Ruth has openly spoken about her cancer diagnosis before.
During a Pause for Thought show in 2018, she said: 'Last year when I started with the cancer, uncertainty was the thing I found the hardest not knowing what the diagnosis was etc, but suddenly now I am quite happy with uncertainty. I can sit more easily with it than I did last year.'
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Main photo article For years, Reverend Ruth Scott calmed the nerves of listeners in her frequent Pause for Thought broadcasts on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
However, the 60-year-old’s latest – and likely her final – broadcast yesterday left listeners in floods of tears after she revealed from her ...
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