Lorraine Kelly's secret heartbreak and tax 'persona' controversy
09.03.2024 - 19:19
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Lorraine Kelly is back on our screens on Saturday night appearing on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. The presenter, 63, is the subject of the latest prank from the cheeky Geordie duo.
Of course, she's no stranger to television and is best known for presenting her self-titled ITV show most weekdays. Recent features have included the Masked Singer, where she shocked judges and audiences to reveal she was actually Owl after a performance of Happy Talk by Captain Sensible back in January.
She has also been spotted alongside her daughter Rosie on the celebrity edition of Channel 4's Gogglebox. Lorraine, 63, lives in Buckinghamshire and has been married to her cameraman husband Steve Smith since 1992. She is mum to Rosie, who is now 29, and also dotes over her beloved pet sausage dog Ruby.
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However, the family endured heartbreak five years after they welcomed Rosie. Lorraine sadly had a miscarriage, and, while discussing Meghan Markle's miscarriage in July 2020, she told Dr Hilary Jones of her own experience. She said: "It was almost exactly the same, having to go to hospital and the way she talked about it. What really helped me was being able to talk to you obviously and also other people, but also Rosie."
Rosie, who was five at the time, recalled in a chat with OK Magazine: "I do remember. We were in Dundee. I was in the car with Dad following the ambulance. I was okay, though - I had no idea what was going on."
On her marriage, Lorraine said she always knew that Steve was 'the one" and previously told The Sun: "He walked into the TV-am office... where I was working as a reporter and he was part of the crew, and I thought, 'That'll do, I'm