Kelly Cates tackled a sensitive question about the Hillsborough disaster head-on during her appearance on Friday's Late Late Show.
Invited to discuss her new role as a Match of the Day presenter, Cates was asked about her personal experience with the tragedy by host Patrick Kielty, reports the Irish Mirror.
As the daughter of Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish, who managed the club at the time, Cates witnessed firsthand the devastation that ripped through the community.
"Difficult but nowhere near as difficult for the family of the people that died and people that were affected and so you're part of it, and I was 13 at the time, but you're not really part of it," said Cates
Cates acknowledged that while she was affected by the tragedy, she didn't feel entitled to claim the same level of emotional pain as those who lost loved ones or were directly impacted.
She said: "You don't feel you have a right to feel particularly affected by it because you have so many people around you who have suffered incredible tragedies and also the people who live with the memories of that day and live with the fact that they were being told their memories weren't real and being told their lived experience was false and they were having to battle against that."
She emphasised the shocking treatment of the victims' families, who not only endured the initial tragedy but also faced a subsequent cover-up and denial of the events.
"The difficulties they have lived through since that has been appalling, it's been shocking what they've had to go to, not just the fact what happened at the time but the subsequent cover-up and the denial of what actually happened has compounded it for them," she said.
The Hillsborough disaster, which occurred during Liverpool's 1989 FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest, resulted in 97 fatalities and 766 injuries.
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