Lorraine Kelly admits debut novel wouldn't exist without help of David Attenborough
dailyrecord.co.ukLorraine Kelly has revealed that her debut novel, The Island Swimmer, owes its existence to Sir David Attenborough. While on The Graham Norton Show, the Scots star shared a funny story about how a photo of her with Sir David helped her get wi-fi access in Zimbabwe.Lorraine told the BBC One show: "The wi-fi was terrible, so I went to the anti-poaching station to use theirs.
They were a bit reluctant until I showed them a picture on my phone of me and David Attenborough."They were like, 'Oh my God, you've met him?'.
Of course, he's like a god there so I got the wi-fi. The book is here because of David Attenborough. He doesn't know, or indeed care, I am sure."She also spoke about her time on ITV's The Masked Singer as Owl, where she sang Happy Talk by Captain Sensible.
She described it as "such good fun"."I didn't tell anyone about it except my husband. It was madness, but such good fun," she said."I am 65 this year and I have decided just to do silly things, and this was very silly."On the show, Lorraine was joined by American actress Jodie Foster, British actress Olivia Colman, comedian Wanda Sykes, Dune stars Austin Butler and Josh Brolin, Scottish DJ Calvin Harris and singer Rag'n'Bone Man.Elvis star Butler has opened up about his "strange appearance" in the upcoming sci-fi film Dune: Part Two, where he plays the bald villain Feyd-Rautha.
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