Lorraine Kelly says she burst into tears while performing a role away from TV.
Lorraine, 64, launched the Change and Check campaign in 2019 after her producer Helen Addis was diagnosed with the disease.
As the campaign has evolved in the five years since, a choir has developed, one made up of women who are either breast cancer survivors or undergoing breast cancer treatment.
Their latest project has been to sing a rendition of the Wet Wet Wet song Love Is All Around with the help of Marti Pellow. According to the Mirror, Lorraine said that in the experience of singing the song, there were tears of home as the presenter told the publication. The presenter told the publication: “We all felt very grateful.
“There was an attitude and there was the fact that we were all doing it together. There was a real sisterhood and an awful lot of kindness and compassion in the room.”
As to why the iconic 1990s hit was chosen, Lorraine explained: “This song is very special to me. It’s like the soundtrack of everybody’s life, isn’t it? Thirty years ago, my Rosie was born and that was our song in many ways. It’s a very special song so I had to be part of it.”
On why he decided to join the project, Marti said part of it had to do with age: “Once you come to a certain age in your life, you become very much aware of cancer.”
“There isn’t any family that hasn’t been touched with that. Whether it’s friends or family who have fought the disease or didn’t make it through, you cannot fail to be touched by that.”
Lorraine’s experiences with the Change and Check Choir have also influenced how she feels about her granddaughter Billie. She said: “It’s fantastic…The best thing in the world is just cuddling this wee, tiny, little precious thing.”
“I would love her to grow up in a world where she didn’t have to worry about breast cancer. That would be the best thing ever. Maybe in her lifetime she’s only one month old. The advances that are happening, the science is incredible.”