Lorraine Kelly opened up about her less-than-sisterly behaviour as her ITV show was taken over in a surprise celebration of her 40-year television career.
Christine Lampard and Ranvir Singh, Lorraine’s regular stand-ins, fronted the show, keeping Lorraine clueless about the planned festivities and guests.
In an unexpected twist, Lorraine’s brother Graham, who usually shies away from TV, appeared on screen, stunning the veteran presenter.
Overcome with emotion, she laughed and admitted: “I was horrid to him.” She reminisced with Graham, saying: “I was horrible – you were just an angel.”
Lorraine then turned to Christine, revealing her childhood jealousy: “I mean, I was six years old when Graham came along and I was a spoilt princess,” reports the Mirror.
The beloved presenter continued to share memories: “He came along and he was the most beautiful baby you’d ever seen in your life with the biggest blue eyes and chubby cheeks you wanted to bite.”
“I think I probably did sadly,” Lorraine confessed, adding that strangers would often compliment his looks to their mother, something she’d heard a few times over: “People would stop my mother in the street as she told me one hundred times to say ‘how gorgeous’ he was.”
Reflecting on their past, Lorraine acknowledged: “But I was horrible to you, I used to nip you didn’t I?” Before Graham could respond, Christine chimed in: “We got over that though, didn’t we.”
Graham lightened the mood with humour: “The trade-off was I got to learn a lot about good music, I pretty much know every word to every David Bowie song off by heart.”
The new grandma has had an extraordinary year, welcoming her first grandchild and marking a remarkable milestone with a 40-year tenure on British TV which will be celebrated with an ITV special documentary titled “40 unforgettable years.”
Lorraine also made an appearance on ‘Good Morning Britain’ on Wednesday, where she joined Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, giving them a sneak preview of her commemorative show.
She admitted to her colleagues that she was in the dark about the content, saying: “You know I come on here and tell you what is happening because I’ve got no idea.”
This prompted Susanna to quip back: “Has your programme been hijacked?” To which Lorraine replied with affirmation: “Yes, it’s been hijacked by two very special women.”
Lorraine airs weekdays on ITV, from 9am.