'I'M SO LUCKY- I HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE TIME'

TV host Sian Welby on her career success, motherhood and managing her fun and frantic week with a healthy dose of humour

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Sian Welby is taking daytime telly by storm - fronting This Morning and recently jumping in the hotseat on Lorraine while the host recovered from an operation.

She's also part of the much-loved Capital Breakfast show alongside Jordan North and Chris Stark. And she does all this while being a first-time mum to little Ruby, 11 months.

Sian's taking it all in her stride. “I'm so lucky, and I have the most incredible time,” she beams. “I really feel like I’m just in this amazing momentum at the minute. A lot of hard work has finally come together. Like the stars have aligned. It is a relief because sometimes you think you're never gonna quite get there and no one’s gonna give you a chance.

“All these shows that I’m on now are bucket list, dream jobs that I could only have imagined a few years ago. Now they’re a reality.”

Sian, 38, is sunshine personified, so it's no surprise she’s been such a hit on daytime telly. Her boundless energy transfers through the screen — even with so much on her plate.

It may feel like Nottingham-born Sian popped up from nowhere when she landed the This Morning job last January on the back of starting on Capital five years ago — but she has been working hard since 19. She's gone from reporting on cycling, golf, gaming, Formula E and the weather to interviewing some of the biggest names in showbiz and becoming the hottest property in telly.

“I was always in the wrong job,” admits Sian. “The subjects were never something I was interested in. I was either talking about golf or quad biking or whatever. I was trying my best to get to where I am now. I just wanted to be in entertainment. Funny, light-hearted stuff, and it’s taken this long to get there.”

When she did finally get her big break with ITV, Sian was keeping a secret. Through fear of losing her job, she hid her pregnancy from bosses.