Top Of The Morning

The Co-host of the Morning Show, Kylie Gillies, Talks to Paul Ewart About Gratitude, Embracing Wrinkles, and the Professional and Personal Milestones She’s Celebrating

First up, I should say that I’ve known Kylie for eight years, four of which we actually worked together. While the nation sees her glammed up in front of the camera every morning, I’ve seen her makeup free and in tracksuit pants, on the phone juggling babysitters and football practice scheduled for her two boys, and tackling all the other challenges that come with working mum territory.

So for this interview there’s no PR standing by and no ‘time allocation’. Instead it’s all hugs and kisses, and just the two of us shooting the breeze, gossiping about life, love, kids and everything in-between.

Catching up in a café adjacent to the Channel 7 studios in Sydney’s Martin Place, I’m surprised that the TV host isn’t having her usual coffee; instead she’s ordered a carrot and apple juice.

“So we’re chatting over a healthy juice!” she giggles. “One of my new things is to have only two coffees – I used to have four a day. Instead, I’ve moved on to tea, liquorice tea especially, which is better for me mentally I think.”

Small concessions

This is just one mini health epiphany that’s new since we last caught up. Kylie is the first to admit that she’s far from the poster girl for health. She doesn’t visit the gym, doesn’t go to exercise classes, and doesn’t diet. But these days it turns out that the 51-year-old The Morning Show presenter is making a few small concessions to heath.