Lorraine Kelly is insisting that she is ‘not yet ready’ because she seems to be beating at rumors that will cut her show forever after ITV’s brutal TV cuts during the day

Lorraine Kelly has unveiled her determination to keep her long -running show in the aftermath of ITVs Brutal cutsAs she explicitly stated, she was ‘not ready yet’.

The TV veteran, 65, saw her show Lorraine opposite the victims of the cutbacks, with the series to air only 30 weeks a year, and Good morning great -Britain Take her 9-10 hour lock for the other 22.

While the previous term of the show is also cut in two, it is now only 30 minutes from 9.30 am to 10 am.

In her first interview since the news, Lorraine seemed to be back at ITV, while emphasizing her four decade career.

Spend against Tom Kerridge On the right tasty podcast she also poured water on reports that her show could be cut forever, by saying that she did not go somewhere quickly.

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Thinking about how long she had been on screens, Lorraine said: ‘I’ve been doing television for more than 40 years. It’s angry, right? It’s absolutely crazy. I started in Breakfast Telly in 1984 and I still get away with it. Extraordinary.’

Subtly refers to her determination to keep her show going, she then added: ’40 years in TV last year was incredible. I have a BAFTA. “Here is a BAFTA to live.” I thought, “Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet”.

While she also expressed her willingness to become ‘unleashed’ and to stop less of herself, saying: ‘I think I can be a lot of cheekier now. Because I have always been a bit naughty.

‘Not so much in the morning, but if I do a small show on channel 4, or the last leg, or something. You can be released. And I really like that.

‘You must have a self-edit button and I think mine doesn’t work as much as it should.

“So when I sit there and I look at something and I think:” Gosh, what an absolute K ** B that person is, “or how stupid they are, I say it and I don’t realize that I said it. So I have to look. ‘

But Lorraine admitted that even after all these years she still feels some nerves in presenting her show, although not as bad as when she started for the first time.

She remembered: ‘I remember that I was so afraid of doing a piece to the camera and just being incredibly nervous.

“And that doesn’t go long. It never goes away completely, I don’t think. I don’t think it should be. ‘

It comes after MailOnline has unveiled Lorraine was given the chance by ITV Bosses to combine her day show with GMB to present the last 30 minutes of their broadcast, but she refused.

Last month she was attracted to a meeting prior to the announcement of the channel, where she was offered the new proposal, which was considered an ‘easy solution’ after the same format was adopted during the pandemic.

Sources have revealed that Lorraine was ‘offended’ by the suggestion and Bigwigs told that it was not a possibility, which resulted in the reduced duration of her show from one hour to 30 minutes.

MailOnline understands that Lorraine, who has presented her show for the past 14 years, was willing to ‘walk away’, but agreed to continue to host the series until the end of 2026.

It is predicted that the star will stop forever next year after a new role ‘Head of Lorraine’ has been established to supervise the changes, but the contract is only for a period of 12 months.

Last month ITV confirmed that ITN takes over the output from Good Morning Britain while Lorraine and Loose women Is only broadcast 30 weeks a year and moving from the television center to a central London studio.

A Show Insider revealed: ‘Lorraine was drawn to bosses in a meeting where she was told that Good Morning Britain was taken over by ITN prior to the public announcement.

‘It was proposed that her show would merge with GMB so that she presented the last 30 minutes of the broadcast, which happened when a reduced team worked during Lockdown.

“But she told them no and said it wasn’t even a possibility … Quickly disturbed two weeks and the channel announced that her show would be reduced from one hour to 30 minutes …

“The whole thing has been an insult and she will certainly leave when the annual contract ends.”

Employees now fear that the presenter can decide to throw the towel in the towel with a source The mirror: ‘There are genuine fears among employees that Lorraine can decide to walk as the quality of the show they release.

‘It is difficult to see how standards do not fall … and there are questions about whether Lorraine will be associated with it. Lorraine and her team are perfectionists – that’s why the show is so much loved. ‘

A second source said that it is now morally low among employees, adding to it: ‘Staff is next to themselves and have been constantly in tears. It makes no sense, given the process on which the show is. ‘

MailOnline has contacted representatives for ITV and Lorraine Kelly for comment.

Lorraine presented less than 60 percent of the editions of her show broadcast in 2024, with Ranvir Singh And Christine Lampard Fill in often for her.

The presenter said that her absences were initially due to the care of her sick mother, but then also about her wish to do other things.

She told The guardian: ‘It is really hurtful. It’s real. I have never talked about it before. I am a graft and I work very hard and I had to take off on Friday last year. I just thought it was strange to give so much to.

“Initially it was for my mother who was sick. And it brings you a bit in line with everyone else, because if you look at this morning, everyone will do four days.

‘And as I get older, I want to do other things, write more, all. Mate, I’ve been doing this for 40 years and I work my A ** e off. ‘

ITV sources told MailOnline that they have decided to reduce sources in their day schedule, so that the network can invest in more drama programs.

It was said, “There is a need to cost, but also that the right money can go to the right shows and with everything that becomes more expensive, these things must be viewed.”

The source added: “Christine and Ranvir remain part of the ITV family during the day.”