'My career as a broadcaster is finished' Susanna Reid opens up on feeling a failure at BBC

express.co.uk:

Susanna Reid has admitted she feared her career was over before it had even kickstarted when her first live interview didn't go to plan on BBC Breakfast.

Reflecting on the moment, the 51-year-old credited her late ex co-star Bill Turnbull for being so kind to her and showing her the ropes on the show.

She said: "Bill Turnbull taught me everything at the beginning of my career and was an amazing friend."I did my first live shift on BBC Breakfast alongside Bill 20 years ago, and remember doing an interview with a politician who spoke non-stop for three or four minutes."I didn’t have the confidence to say, 'Let me stop you there'."Afterwards I thought, 'What an utter failure!

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