Lorraine Kelly has confessed she can “never take her job for granted” because her contract at ITV is up every couple of years.Speaking in a new interview, the presenter, 62, claimed she was formerly booted from her main role at GMTV after going on maternity leave and giving birth to her daughter Rosie.
Lorraine opened up about the difficult moment to Sophie Ellis-Bextor on her Spinning Plates podcast.Sophie asked Lorrained about when she found out that her job was “not waiting for her” when she returned from maternity leave and whether it was something that “felt of that time”.Speaking about her gig with GMTV, Lorraine reflected: “Yes, it was 94.
It wouldn’t happen now. I just don’t see it happening now.”“You know what it’s like if you’re freelance,” she continued. “My contract is up every couple of years.“I never take it for granted that it’s going to get renewed even after all this time, because you never know - you just never know.“You’re not guaranteed a job for life and certainly not in TV,” she admitted. “TV can be really ruthless.”Referring to how she felt after returning from maternity leave, she explained: “I really don’t take anything for granted and I think it probably stems from that experience.”Lorraine went on to suggest that it might not be “such a bad thing” and that she shouldn’t feel “entitled to be in people’s living rooms every morning for the rest of her life”.However, Sophie pointed out that there was a difference between “feeling entitled to have a job” and to having a reasonable emotional response after finding out “they’ve decided you’re not coming back because you’ve had a baby.”Meanwhile Lorraine insisted: “Yeah, I know, and it was just because they wanted a change.That was all.
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