Lorraine Kelly has opened up about certain “mistakes” that she’s made over her long career and revealed that it was her daughter Rosie who prompted a change.
In an interview on the SheerLuxe YouTube channel, host Jo Good revealed that she’d followed the much-loved presenter’s career for a long time, and told Lorraine that she liked her jackets, but also asked whether there had been any “mistakes” in her past.
Having been on our screens for over 40 years, Lorraine wasn’t afraid to admit to falling foul of a few fashion faux pas over the years, including one particular jacket that she claims hurt the “retinas” of a Hollywood A-lister.
She said: “How long have you got for the mistakes that were made? Back in the ’80s, we had a boss at TV-am who was all for colour.”
Lorraine explained that she wore a jacket with one lime green sleeve, one lemon sleeve, and featuring “all the colours of the rainbow”, including pink, red, and purple all “in this one jacket”.
She added: “It was horrific and I remember I interviewed Liam Neeson wearing that jacket and the poor man, his retinas were sore looking at me.”
Lorraine continued: “But yeah, no, I’ve got many, many a mistake. You know, I would say up until I was about 55, I was getting it wrong more than I was getting it right.
“And then I think I decided to take it more seriously. I think it was my daughter getting a bit older and going, you know, ‘Yikes, Mum’, you know, ‘Step away from that. That’s really not good’, and her giving me good ideas.”
The 64-year-old presenter, who is best known for her stints on Good Morning Britain, GMTV and Lorraine, this year scooped the prestigious BAFTA Special Award in recognition of her long career.
Her daughter also welcomed a baby girl named Billie this year, making the veteran TV presenter a grandmother. She told Platinum magazine that she had been enjoying a “lot of wee celebrations”, but Billie is the “biggest thing to happen”.
On the subject of being a grandmother, Lorraine said: “It’s fantastic. I’m going there this afternoon to make sure Rosie gets a wee sleep and Steve, her partner, has a wee walk out in the fresh air and just to do whatever I can.”