Lorraine Kelly details fears about future at ITV as she admits ‘no one is irreplaceable’
express.co.ukLorraine Kelly, 63, has spoken out about her fears of being replaced as a freelancer, as her contract at ITV is up every couple of years.Speaking in a new interview, the presenter spoke about how she was formerly booted from her main role at GMTV after going on maternity leave and giving birth to her daughter Rosie.Speaking on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast, she recalled the tough time in career after giving birth to her daughter. “That was hard,” she remembered. “That was really hard, which makes me not take anything for granted. “You know, people say ‘Oh, you've been doing this for ages’.
But we do it for a long time, and never take it for granted. “Because it can just be taken away from you in a heartbeat.So you just have to make the best of it as much as you can.”She went on to describe how “humiliated” she felt after the way she was treated for taking time off to have her child, but described how she had to “take it on the chin” for the sake of her career. “There's no point getting upset about it.
You just have to get on with it,” the talk show host explained, before admitting that a “large part of her” wanted to reject ITV when she got the call to come back on air.
Asked if she was left feeling constantly worried over her job as a freelancer, Lorraine confirmed that the fear “never leaves her”.
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