TV QUEEN: ‘DAD IS BEING WELL LOOKED AFTER I HOPE HE'S HOME SOON'

LORRAINE KELLY SPEAKS TO OK! ABOUT BEING APART FROM HER ILL FATHER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO LIFE GOING BACK TO NORMAL

- CHRISSIE REEVES

Daytime TV royalty Lorraine Kelly has been a breath of fresh air on our screens every weekday during lockdown. Meanwhile, off-camera, she’s been catching up with chores while isolating at home with her husband Steve Smith, their daughter Rosie, 26, and dog Angus, in their three-bedroom boathouse by the Thames near Maidenhead.

The ever positive Lorraine, 60, told OK!, “I’ve had a lot more time with Steve and Rosie, just being together. I’ve tidied every room in the house, even the cupboard under the sink!”

However, the star has suffered some heartache after her father was admitted to hospital. “The hardest thing has been not seeing my parents in Scotland as I can’t travel there due to lockdown restrictions,” she explained.

Here, as she hands over her Television and Radio Industries Club presidency to John Barrowman, Lorraine talks to us about life in lockdown and coming out the other side...

How have you kept going during this unsettling time?