Lorraine Kelly addresses ITV retirement rumours after celebrating huge milestone

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Lorraine Kelly has revealed that she has no plans to retire, following her recent 40-year career celebration. In what the presenter has described as "an amazing" year so far, she has released a new book, become a new grandmother to daughter Rosie's newborn Billie, and received BAFTA's highest honours for her outstanding contribution to television.With her 65th birthday also around the corner, now might seem like a right time to wind down from a busy schedule, however Lorraine has no desire to do so.

She shared: "I've always said if the day comes when I think I don't really want to go to work, I will stop."I've never felt that and I don't think I ever will, because every day is different."This year has been amazing, but obviously the most wonderful uplifting thing was the birth of Billie, " she added to Hello!

Magazine.Lorraine has been fronting her self-titled ITV show since 2010 following her many years on GMTV.Earlier this month, a documentary titled Lorraine Kelly: 40 Unforgettable Years gave fans an insight into her successful career and life behind the lens.In the film, many of the presenter's ITV co-stars paid tribute including Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid and her ex co-star Piers Morgan.Piers said of Lorraine: "Lorraine is an iron first in a velvet glove.

She creates a persona that people think is very benign, very nice, very smiley but underneath it is a proper journalist."Susanna also hailed Lorraine as "a trailblazer for women" in the hour-long show, while This Morning's Alison Hammond shared: "She definitely has paved the way for other presenters and the likes of me who have different accents."Speaking about the struggles she's faced along the way, Lorraine said she was told she would "never make it" in