Lorraine Kellyâs next career move has sparked huge attention amid claims she could be preparing to leave ITV after 43 years, with fans now wondering what pushed the daytime TV favourite toward such a major decision and what her next chapter might look like away from the channel. Details are in the comments.
Lorraine Kelly is reportedly planning to leave ITV after 43 years
Lorraine Kelly is rumoured to be leaving ITV next year when her current contract ends (Image: ITV)
Presenter Lorraine Kellyâs next career move has been unveiled following reports that she is set to depart ITV after 43 years with the channel. The 66-year-old breakfast television presenterâs contract is understood to be expiring next year, and âshe hasnât signed a new oneâ.
This follows the decision to cut her programme from an hour to just 30 minutes in January, as more than 220 jobs were slashed across ITVâs daytime output, including Lorraine, Good Morning Britain, This Morning and Loose Women.
Among those who lost their positions were key members of Lorraineâs trusted team, whom she had worked alongside for years â something she is said to have been âappalledâ by. It is also claimed that âthe show hasnât been the same sinceâ.
The television stalwart is now reportedly âsecretly planning her next big project away from ITVâ for the first time in her four-decade career, with two fresh ventures already said to be in the pipeline.
The first is a new YouTube show â with claims that Lorraine is keen to replicate the success of her friend and former Good Morning Britain host Piers Morganâs series Uncensored, which commands a global audience of millions, reports The Mirror.
The second is a podcast alongside her daughter Rosie, 31, who recently published a book entitled Mother to Mother following the arrival of her first child, Billie, who will turn two in August.
The podcast is believed to be in âadvanced planning stagesâ, sharing the same title as Rosieâs book. She would co-host it with her well-known mother and welcome celebrity mums as guests, according to reports.
A source told The Sun: âLorraine is older now, but sheâs far from retirement â she would just like more time to spend at home with daughter Rosie and granddaughter Billie without the pressure and commitment of travelling to London for just half an hour on screen.
âSecretly, she would like to take her format and turn it into an online interview format, whether thatâs a video podcast or a YouTube series, where her fans can tune in whenever they like. One of the other ideas they have, that one of Lorraineâs former team is helping with, is that Lorraine joins Rosie for a new podcast called Mother To Mother, after the success of Rosieâs book.
Lorraine is said to be hosting a new podcast with daughter Rosie (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
âShe would have more viewers if she took her show online and turned it into a podcast â and more money from sponsorship and brand deals. Lorraineâs social following is huge, so the audience is already there, too. Anything she does like this will be a huge success. Thereâs no doubt about it.â
The source suggests Lorraine has been seeking guidance from longstanding friend Piers and is keen to reunite her former team, with whom she remains âextremely closeâ.
The Scotland-based presenter is also understood to relish the prospect of becoming her own boss and recording the programme herself from home at her own pace. The Mirror has contacted Lorraine for a statement regarding this story.
However, a representative has reportedly maintained she remains content with her current programme at ITV. They told The Sun: âLorraine has no plans to move away from her show, and any podcast activities would be part of a portfolio, as we see with so many other top broadcasters â complementary to her show, which remains her absolute priority.â
