Lorraine Kelly, 65, admits she would struggle to survive in London if she was starting out in TV today

Lorraine Kelly has admitted that she would struggle to survive in London if she was starting out in television today.   

The presenter, 65, has hosted her name-sake weekday show since 2010 and is typically on screens Monday to Thursday.   

She confessed that she wouldn’t be able to afford to live in the capital city if ishe wa starting out now and dubbed the situation ‘awful’.   

In an interview with Times Radio, she said: ‘I don’t think they [working class people] would have the same opportunities that I had, and a lot of it is financial. 

‘When I went down to London and they gave me the job, it’s so expensive. 

‘It’s so obvious, isn’t it? You’re cutting an awful lot of people out. 

Lorraine Kelly has admitted that she would struggle to survive in London if she was starting out in television today

The presenter, 65, has hosted her name-sake weekday show since 2010 and is typically on screens Monday to Thursday

‘I honestly wouldn’t have been able to afford to live in London, but for the fact that TV-AM helped me.’ 

Lorraine is used to taking Fridays off and is often replaced by other presenters including Christine Lampard or Ranvir Singh. 

And recently a viral account on X that tracked Lorraine Kelly’s absence from her own show has shut down after two years.

The satirical social media page called @LorraineKWatch made its debut back in February 2023 and was dedicated to documenting the presenter’s attendance on her ITV morning programme. 

The light-hearted X account often makes comments stating the percentage of episodes Lorraine has appeared in so far this year. 

One of its recent posts said: ‘Lorraine Kelly did not host her own show this morning, with Ranvir Singh stepping in. 

‘#Lorraine has hosted 32 episodes out of 47 (68.1%) this year. Ranvir has hosted 6 episodes, Christine Lampard has hosted 9 episodes.’

The account quickly gained a substantial amount of attention and amassed more than 26,000 followers who enjoyed the humorous posts. 

She confessed that she wouldn’t be able to afford to live in the capital city if it was now and dubbed the situation as ‘awful’ 

And recently a viral account on X that tracked Lorraine Kelly ‘s absence from her own show has shut down after two years 

Lorraine has recently spoke out about the account and afterwards, LorraineKWatch made an official statement and closed the account down

But the fun has now come to an end after Lorraine spoke out about the account in an interview with The Guardian and revealed she finds it ‘really hurtful’.

She said: ‘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.’

Lorraine revealed she originally started taking Fridays off because her mother has been ill, ‘And it sort of brings you into line with everyone else because if you look at This Morning, everybody else does four days.’

The presenter went on to add: ‘Maybe it just started off as a wee joke, but it’s the way that everyone piles on. It starts off as a wee tiny thing and it gets bigger and bigger. I find it really sad.’