Lorraine Kelly has spoken out about a social media account which tracks how often she presents her show Lorraine, calling it “hurtful”.
The Lorraine breakfast show airs weekdays on ITV, but recently Lorraine has often missed her Friday show and been covered by a guest presenter, such as Ranvir Singh or Christine Lampard.
This has led to a viral Twitter/X account called Where is Lorraine? (@LorraineKWatch) documenting what days the star presents her show. The page currently has over 26,000 followers and reports on whether she has hosted that day or not.
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Lorraine has spoken out against the satirical account in a new interview, calling it “really hurtful”.
She told The Guardian: “It’s really hurtful actually. It really is. I’ve not spoken about it before. I’m a grafter and I work really hard and I’ve had to take Fridays off for the past year. I just thought it was weird to care so much.”
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She explained how she’d initially started taking some time off from her show to help her mum, who had been ill.
She added: “And it sort of brings you into line with everyone else because if you look at This Morning, everybody else does four days. And as I’m getting older, I want to do other things, more writing, all of that. Mate, I’ve been doing this for 40 years, working my arse off.”
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Lorraine’s other ventures include her career as a published author, releasing her debut novel The Island Swimmer in 2024.
She recently announced she’d finished writing the first draft of its follow-up, taking to Instagram to share the exciting news.
"The two best and happiest words for a writer to type," she wrote on Friday January 3, her post including a picture of a document reading: 'THE END'. "Book two completed !!"
Lorraine airs on weekdays at 9am on ITV and is available to stream on ITVX.
