Louise Minchin pays sweet tribute as former BBC Breakfast colleague quits show

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BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has been questioned by fans on Twitter for not correcting someone who claimed Sally Nugent and him were the “best presenter combination” on BBC Breakfast.

Dan Walker is one of Britain's most famous TV presenters, but the beloved BBC broadcaster has suffered a number of tragic moments during his years on the screen.The golf-loving TV star, 44, is best known for greeting the nation with the latest news on his BBC Breakfast show every Monday to Wednesday alongside his co-host Sally Nugent.The dad-of-three never turns away from a challenge either, because he took to the ballroom on Strictly Come Dancing last year as his pro partner Nadiya Bychkova taught him to dance, and he made it to the semi-finals.However, despite his buckets of showbiz success, Dan has been forced to battle through some testing times, from heartbreaking deaths to savage hospital stints.To celebrate Dan's 45th birthday today (March 19), Daily Star have taken a look at the BBC star's toughest moments.When Dan interviewed former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson on his Breakfast show, he left some of the hunk's fans fuming.In fact, the presenter revealed he was sent five online death threats after his infamous interview with the singer in February 2020.Dan said: "When I interviewed Louis Tomlinson, five people threatened to kill me – including one who said they were going to come over from Brazil."Louis accused Dan and his ex-colleague Louise Minchin of "proper going in" on him with their questions, and vowed never to appear on the morning show.At the start, they asked him about the deaths of his mother Johannah Deakin, who passed in 2016, and his sister Felicite, who died of an accidental drug overdose.They also asked about his feud with former bandmate Zayn Malik, after which he said: "God, you’re proper going in here today aren’t you?"He later said: "I’m just not ready to have that conversation yet and I

BBC Breakfast.The 44 year old, who is known to have a passion for the sport, couldn't help but display his excitement when sports journalist John Watson appeared on the red sofa.But quickly realising that Sally was interested, the host said: "I love golf John but when we talk about golf in this programme you can hear the collective sigh from people. "We'll have a ten-minute golf chat later John."Clearly uninterested, Sally sighed and said: "Anyway."But Dan wasn't happy with her remark and giggled: "Stop it!"However, making sure things weren't too awkward, Sally reassured her colleague that she was in fact joking."I'm joking," Sally insisted, with Dan replying: "I know you're joking.""I'm carrying on a tradition," Sally chimed, making reference to her predecessor Louise Minchin.Laughing, Dan said: "Thankfully Louise isn't here to give the golf eyes.

@WeatherNick xxx."Nick replied, with a short quip about “working next to a jukebox".He said: “If I wanted to work next to a jukebox…” followed by a red love heart. @Johnofladublin responded to Nick’s reply with: “Sounds like you’re in for an experience quite like no other this morning Nick! “Would you do requests Carol?” Carol then responded with a series of laughing emojis. The tweet and its responses were in full view of Carol’s 219,600 followers. Other fans were quick to jump on to the tweet and offer their thoughts, too. @Joursans wrote: “That's not so bad. “The other week I had the theme from the Muppet Show stuck in my head - so embarrassing!”Similarly, @Kelbacon penned: “Morning! Nicer than the one I've had stuck in my head for DAYS. “It's the one that goes, 'now I'm 60 years old'. I don't even know who sings it! What a dirge.” @Pete_Yeates penned: “Good morning Carol it's lovely to see on this morning just a shame that the weather not so nice for the weekend x.” @Delroydr said: “No worries.

Louise Minchin, 53, and her 20-year-old daughter, Mia, have spoken out about the former BBC Breakfast presenter's stalking hell.The pair had been terrorised by a man who bombarded them with online abuse and knew where they lived.The perpetrator, Carl Davies, 44, ex-boyfriend of Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts, was jailed in December, but the ordeal has left the mother and daughter duo emotionally scarred.Discussing the traumatic experience on ITV Tonight’s, Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking, the journalist said that her stalking ordeal has changed her and husband David Minchin's family profoundly.As she and Mia discussed their experience, the latter confessed: “When I’m walking, I am very conscious of who is behind me.“I especially don’t have my headphones in if it is dark and there is no one else around.”When asked if she noticed anything different about her mum, Mia said: “You are much more, kind of, on it when it comes to where I am.“You have got my location constantly now, you are constantly checking where I am, which I don’t mind because you can’t tell me off for where I am, anymore.”Louise laughed: “You are 20!”Earlier in the documentary, which aired on Thursday, the pair recalled exactly what their stalker had put them through.Mia said: “I’m logged into mum's Instagram account and suddenly loads of messages started coming.They were all kind of just really offensive, calling us not very nice names and then they got much more graphic.“It was the kind of actions that he wanted to do against me and mum, which got really personal and they weren't nice to read at all.“I was kind of terrified, all kinds of shaking. I think my heart was beating really fast.

Louise Minchin has revealed that she and her daughter Mia were both victims of a "terrifying" stalking incident on her new ITV documentary.The former BBC Breakfast star, 53, and her 20-year-old daughter explained that the ordeal began over Instagram with a barrage of messages from someone hiding behind a fake account.The mother and daughter duo were left "terrified" and on a constant "state of high alert" because they didn't know anything about the person sending the frightful messages.For the first time, the pair opened up about being targeted by ex-solider Carl Davies on Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking. Louise questioned whether she had changed her usual behaviour out of fear while constantly glancing over her shoulder, wondering if every person she passed could be her stalker.Although, Louise and Mia had been targeted by a person hiding behind a fraudulent profile on social media, the police were able to hunt down their offender.Opening up for first time about the ordeal, Mia said: "I'm logged into mum's Instagram account and suddenly loads of messages started coming."They were all kind of just really offensive, calling us not very nice names and then they got much more graphic.

Louise Minchin has a history of news presenting on the channel, while her BBC Breakfast co-host Carol Kirkwood presents the weather.

Louise Minchin's daughter has spoken out on the 'chilling abuse' her mum suffered during her stalking nightmare for the first time. The former BBC Breakfast host spoke out in January after her and her family were threatened by a stalker last year.

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has come out in support of Louise Minchin, as the star bravely opens up about her stalking ordeal. Louise’s documentary, The Truth About Stalking, is set to air tonight on ITV.Dan, 44, took to Twitter to share his support for Louise, 53, in view of his 752,300 followers. This morning, Louise tweeted out to her own 250,000 followers: “Good morning, this is not a subject I like to talk about, but in the hope of raising awareness and help to victims of stalking I have made this documentary with @ITVTonight #ITVTonight it is on at 8.30pm.” (sic)Attached was a promotional picture from the documentary, with the caption: “Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking”. Sharing this post, Dan penned: “I saw how big an impact this had on Louise and she has made a really brave film about it.

FORMER Breakfast host Louise Minchin saw her stalker jailed in December 2021. She has now spoken of his “chilling abuse”, which involved her daughter Mia.

Louise Minchin, 53, and her daughter Mia, 20, have taken part in a new ITV documentary about the impact of stalking on victims.ITV Tonight – Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking sees the popular presenter discuss her stalking ordeal which saw ex-soldier Carl Davies, 44, sentenced to two years and eight months in December last year.He had posted multiple "intimidating" messages "intended to maximise fear and distress" to the broadcaster and her daughter’s social media accounts over four days between July 14 and 17 2020.Louise, who left BBC Breakfast in September 2021 after 20 years and took part in last year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, reveals chilling details of the stalking on the Tonight programme."It was very clear from the messages that this person knew exactly where we lived and had stood outside our front door," she recalls."To say I was frightened just doesn’t really touch the surface."You are kind of on this high state of alert all the time.

Davies, 44, turned on the former BBC Breakfast host and her daughter after waging a five-year campaign of harassment against Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts.The former paratrooper was jailed for two years and eight months for stalking Louise and Minchin last December. But the presenter and her family say they are still living with the devastating impact of his crimes.Speaking on ITV Tonight - Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking, Mia said: “I logged into mum’s Instagram account and suddenly loads of messages started coming.“They were all kind of just really offensive, calling us not very nice names and then they got much more graphic. “It was the kind of actions that he wanted to do against me and mum, which got really personal and they weren’t nice to read at all.”Over three days in July 2020, Davies told Louise that he knew where she lived and what cars were on her drive.Describing the ordeal for the first time, Mia told ITV Tonight: “I was terrified, all kind of shaking. “I think my heart was beating really fast.

Louise Minchin, 53, has sat down for a candid chat on her podcast, Push Your Peak, with Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Hauer, 39.The pair discussed a range of personal and work-related subjects, including Karen’s dedication to her job.Louise also discussed her favourite Strictly pairing with the Latin dance specialist.The BBC Breakfast presenter appeared to snub her co-star Dan Walker, who took part in the last season of the hit BBC One show.Louise confessed that her “all-time favourite” dance couple had been Karen with TV personality Jamie Laing.She asked Karen: “Final question for me, who’s your favourite Strictly partner?”Karen said: “Oh, you’re naughty! They are all my favourite. Who do you think?”Louise responded: “My all-time favourite: you and Jamie Laing.”Karen admitted: “I love Jamie.

Louise Minchin, 53, and her family had to deal with a stalker in 2020 and is now recalling the traumatic experience for an ITV documentary airing this evening.The former BBC Breakfast presenter has taken to Instagram to speak out on the "hard" time ahead of her documentary.Carl Davies, 44, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after he stalked Louise and her 19-year-old daughter Mia.Louise took to her Instagram story to speak about her documentary Louise Minchin: The Truth About Stalking ahead of its launch.In view of her 128,000 followers, she penned: "This has been a hard documentary to make and I hope it will raise awareness #itvtonight."In the Instagram story there was also a shot of Louise looking sombre in ITV Tonight's post.Louise's stalker Carl sent intimidating messages to Louise via social media over a period of four days in July 2020.The threats involved rape and violence towards the journalist and her teenage daughter.Carl had information about where Louise and her family lived and continually threatened the presenter to know her whereabouts.The police investigation into Louise's stalker lasted nine months and it was found to not be Carl's first stalking incident.Carl had previously stalked Girls Aloud and Masked Singer UK winner Nicola Roberts.In the new episode of ITV's Tonight, Louise will share how this traumatising experience hurt her family and their recovery journey.She will also ask tough questions about whether enough is being done by the police and the government to stop these situations from happening.During Louise's stalker's trial it was revealed he suffered from PTSD as a result of his time serving in Iraq.Judge Nicola Saffman has given him a sentence of two years and eight

Strictly Come Dancing pro Karen Hauer has revealed the gruelling schedule behind the hugely successful BBC One show.She described being “constantly in pain” with not a lot of time to recover between rehearsals and live shows.Speaking about the “physical demands” of Strictly, Karen explained that people did not always see the demanding nature of the programme.She made the candid admission during a chat with journalist and endurance athlete Louise Minchin on the Push Your Peak podcast.Karen said: “You know, one of the things I guess that some people usually do when they watch us dancing, and they’re like, ‘Oh, my God. It’s so beautiful, they look so lovely.

Louise Minchin’s BBC Breakfast exit last year.The Virgin Radio Breakfast host was quick to call the star out on her exit from the BBC morning show as they chatted about her activities since quitting the famous red sofa.She had presented the programme for more than 20 years before she quit for good in September last year, before going on to appear on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! a few months later.She has also been pursuing her dream of endurance sport, including an epic bike ride across Argentina.And appearing on Chris’ show on Monday (March 7), she gave Chris a sneak peek of what she’d been up to.Louise, 53, said: "I’ve just cycled across Argentina. That was eight days, so 100 miles a day on the bike; eight days of 100 miles a day."Louise has also started hosting Wattbike’s podcast Push Your Peak, and gave fans another insight into her cycling journey on social media.But Chris wasn’t sure it was only a passion for the sport spurring her on, as he told her: "I’m not going to say you’re reborn, but there’s definitely something else going on."There’s a wider smile there than I’ve seen for a long time."Louise then admitted that the time since quitting Breakfast has gone "so quick", elaborating: "It went particularly quickly over three weeks when I went to a castle in Wales!"She said of being asked to star on I’m A Celeb: "They’ve asked me for years.

“I am so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had there.“More than anything I’m grateful to have worked with the most incredible people - many of whom are dear friends.“I owe my BBC colleagues everything,” Emily concluded.In response to Emily’s first tweet about joining Global, Louise sent her former colleague her best wishes.“Congratulations,” Louise tweeted out, with three clapping emojis.Louise waved goodbye to her colleagues on BBC Breakfast on September 15 last year after almost 20 years of working on the show.Since then, the presenter has gone on to appear in I'm A Celebrity...

BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin appeared on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show yesterday, radio DJ Chris Evans quizzed her about what she has been doing since she left the show. Louise had been presenting the show for 20 years and left in September last year.The 53-year-old announced her decision to leave the morning news show last summer.The well-known journalist devastated viewers with the news.At the time, she shared some ideas of what she would do after leaving the show.Louise said: “Anybody who watches will be very well aware my passion is endurance sport,” Minchin added, “and I will absolutely continue to do that.“I’ve got lots of really exciting adventures planned.

BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin today revealed that although she is a regular face on TV, her husband David Minchin is banned from appearing at all. After almost 25 years of marriage, the loved-up I'm A Celebrity...