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- Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter known for her strong accent and her constantly chirpy and giggly personality. She presents the early morning chat show Lorraine (2001), was one of the original presenters of GMTV (1993), and went on to present its magazine section for the final forty minutes of the broadcast, known as LK Today. Previously, Lorraine was a reporter and main presenter of TVam's Good Morning Britain (1983), one of the UK's original breakfast television news programmes. She was then perfectly cast in a studio role presenting the Eurovision Song Contest Istanbul 2004 (2004). Lorraine is one of the UK's most prominent supporters of LGBTQ+ issues and has described herself as "a gay man trapped in a woman's body".
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- SpouseSteve Smith(September 5, 1992 - present) (1 child)
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- Constantly chirpy and giggly personality
- In the 1980s, future husband Steve Smith was the electrician with the Scottish camera crew used by Kelly for her regional reports. When both cameraman and soundman were sacked during the TV-am ACTT dispute in 1988, Smith assumed the role of cameraman.
- A huge fan of David Bowie, who she once said would be her dream interviewee. She never did get to interview him before his death on January 10, 2016.
- She received the Outstanding Contribution to Television at the 2014 British Academy Scotland Awards.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to charity and the Armed Forces.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Broadcasting, Journalism and Charity. She is a television presenter in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England.
- [on her OBE] I consider myself very lucky to be able to help some amazing charities who really make a difference, but I am only a very, very small part of what they achieve.
- I've never interviewed David Bowie and I don't think I could. I would just be too hyper! And I still get really excited about all the Eighties bands that come on the show. A lot of my team are a good bit younger than me, and they don't understand why I'm going "Oh my God, it's Spandau Ballet!" I'm, like, "You're kids, you know nothing!"
- I was beside myself when I interviewed Oprah (Oprah Winfrey). I was really hoping, "Please, please be this amazing, inspirational woman", and she was. I was so happy.
- I think I've got the best job on TV - it covers everything from the latest on the crisis in Syria to Kim Kardashian's (Kim Kardashian) bottom!
- When I first started out, even on TV-am (Good Morning Britain (1983)), we didn't have the internet or mobile phones. When we did a story it would probably be the first time you'd see it on air, because you didn't have 24-hour rolling news.
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