This Morning’s Ben Shephard stepped in for Lorraine Kelly on her ITV show today as a part of a last-minute shake-up. At the finish of Good Morning Britain, hosts Kate Garraway and Paul Brand handed over to Kelly in the studio to element what was arising on the present.
However, as an alternative of the regular host, the two had been greeted by Shephard, prompting concern for followers as to why Lorraine Kelly was not current.
“Lorraine’s looking a bit rough this morning, if I’m honest. Ben Shephard, what are you doing?” Garraway joked.
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After affected by a sore throat earlier in the week, Shephard defined that Kelly had utterly misplaced her voice and subsequently was not capable of current.
“I’m not 100% sure, Kate, as you know. But what I can tell you is that unfortunately, if you’ve been watching this week, Lorraine’s voice has been getting very bad,” he responded.
“It’s been getting worse. It finally collapsed last night. She couldn’t say a thing, much to Steve’s [her husband] delight – just a few squeaks here and there. I’ve jumped into the hot seat just for today.”
Later in the episode, Shephard joked that viewers shouldn’t “adjust their sets”, explaining: “Lorraine, I’m afraid to say, she’s not feeling that well today.
“But hopefully she’ll get effectively quickly. Everyone right here is sending their love, Lorraine, wishing you a speedy restoration.”
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Tuesday’s episode of the show saw the ITV host admit that her voice sounded “horrible” while chatting with Susanne Reid, who said: “I’ve a sense you may have to ask Dr Amir [Khan] for one thing for that throat since you sound such as you’re dropping your voice.”
Kelly responded: “It’s horrible. I do know, it sounds terrible… It’s actually unusual.”
She later thanked Dr Amir for giving her ginger tea during the broadcast, admitting she was “feeling rather a lot higher”.
Lorraine airs weekday mornings on ITV.
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