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Lorraine Kelly addresses Anthea Turner 'grudge' after being replaced on maternity leave
Lorraine Kelly has said she doesn't hold a grudge against Anthea Turner, 62, despite what people may believe, after she replaced her on GMTV.The 62-year-old was three months into being a new mum to daughter Rosie, now 28, when she wanted to return to work as a freelancer but was told she wasn't needed. The host swiftly learned that Anthea had stepped into her shoes to present the show alongside Eamonn Holmes.Lorraine shed light on the situation when journalist Elizabeth Day asked her if it was true she was sacked while on maternity leave.The presenter confirmed she was correct, to which the podcast host further asked: "Is that not illegal?"She explained on the How To Fail podcast: "No, not back then.That was 1994 and I was freelance.Sarah Beeny says losing hair was ‘really traumatic’ amid chemo"She [Rosie] was born in June and I was going back to work in September, a couple of months later, but if you’re freelance that’s what you have to do."We just got the call about a week before I was due to come back – I was thinking oh I haven’t lost any of my baby weight, who cares."And I just got the call to say, 'Really, sorry we’ve got Anthea Turner, but do you know what thanks and that’s that'."When asked if she held a grudge against Anthea over the move, she replied: No, not at all."Lorraine went on to say her fellow presenter is a "nice girl" but didn't believed she worked well with Eamonn."Her and Eamonn were like oil and water, and it didn’t work," she added.Lorraine helped launch GMTV back in 1993 by presenting a range of programmes.She went on to co-host Daybreak from 2012 but left in 2014 to focus on her own show.Kaleb Cooper has 'never been so poorly' leaving Jeremy Clarkson alone [LATEST]Emma Willis admits telling Matt
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Alex Jones recalls terrifying blunder when she lost Julian Lloyd-Webber's pricey cello
Alex Jones enraged conductor Julian Lloyd Webber after promising to guard his cello, but then allowing it to go missing after she was distracted by a handsome man.The BBC One Show star felt "sick" during the mishap, but in a twist of fate, her employer then decided to promote her to a brand new job as a result.Alex had been in Manchester Arena when legendary composer Julian rushed out to get a signal, leaving his cello with her for safe keeping.Then she confessed to "chatting up" a hunky car park attendant who had suddenly arrived, which momentarily distracted her attention from the "really expensive" instrument."When I turned around, the cello had disappeared and I just felt sick," she winced."Julian Lloyd Webber was furious - his eyebrows were going at a million miles an hour. He was so cross and rightly so!" she agonised on the How to Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast."Luckily someone had seen it and taken it back, and put it under the stage with the rest of the instruments," Alex explained."[However] it was missing in action for a good few hours, because nobody could understand where it had gone to."That was far from the first mishap Alex's employers had endured.The then cash-strapped star was tasked with taking another "world-famous conductor" for a meal - but then she realised in horror that she had just £3 to her name."It was an insufficient funds day so I just had to make do," a shame-faced Alex admitted."I bought him a Happy Meal.
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Minnie Driver blasts 'revolting' Harvey Weinstein as she addresses experience on film set
Princess Beatrice breaks silence in five-word response to Mike Tindall"But, in that audition and in Good Will Hunting, I was undeniably really good and all those other people knew that, the producer that wasn't Harvey, the actual producer of the film this guy Chris Moore and Matt, Ben and Gus, they knew I was good."With this, Minnie said they advocated for her to be in the movie, adding Harvey "didn't want to fight that fight"."I never liked him because he was a revolting marginalizer of women," she added on Elizabeth Day's How To Fail podcast."He fit them into such a narrow bin, he was just revolting, that was revolting."I saw enough girls on his lap to be grateful that that wasn't me but I definitely, not suffered, but had an experience at you know his hands that made me feel, like I had felt a million times before, that I was a piece of s**t and not worth it and of course I wasn't going to get the part."But then on the other side, I'm going to get this no matter... this big fat producer doesn't want me to do it, but I'm going to do it anyway and I did."A spokesman for Harvey told Express.co.uk: "Anyone who claims Harvey controlled careers should look at this."It is true that Harvey advocated heavily for Ashley Judd in early 1997. Eamonn Holmes breaks silence after 'recent health and personal' woes [LATEST]Anton Du Beke details wife Hannah’s brutal criticism of Strictly [REVEALED]Shane MacGowan's wife says The Pogues frontman's in hospital [HEALTH UPDATE]He was beginning the process of casting 'Good Will Hunting' and Ashley was his top pick for the role of Skylar."He flew her to New York for a second audition and meeting with Matt Damon and Gus Van Sant."It was clear it was between Ashley and Minnie Driver.
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