'Christmas will be CARNAGE!

Lorraine Kelly on her festive plans and hopes for 2026

- JANE ODDY.

She is everyone’s favourite daytime TV presenter and, at 65, Lorraine Kelly is arguably a national treasure. In May, ITV announced they were shaking up their daytime schedules and cutting back her show. But while the changes were a shock, the veteran presenter vows that they won’t slow her down. She has no retirement plans, hoping to ‘toddle off that show in a Zimmer frame’, adding, ‘I’m still going to be there if people want to watch! Why wouldn’t I? It’s an amazing job!’

Here, Lorraine, whose daughter Rosie, 31, welcomed the star’s beloved granddaughter Billie in August last year, talks about her Christmas plans and how she wants to grab 2026 with both hands.

Hi Lorraine, this will be the last Christmas you’ll see some of your ITV colleagues. Will you be having a big festive party?

We will all get together for sure. Definitely. It’s been difficult with the cuts, but the main thing for me was how many jobs could we save. A lot of my team have been with me for over 20 years. But the great thing is, a lot of them have been kept on. They might not be working with me but they will certainly be working on daytime. I'm a lot happier about it now. But we're not really saying bye-bye because so many of them are staying. And even the ones that aren't staying, they're friends, so I'll still see them.

Does it feel like a slightly different Christmas this year with all the changes at ITV?