EXCLUSIVE: Presenter benshephard opens up about being trolled on social media, GMB's campaign to fight loneliness and why he would be 'rubbish' on Strictly
After 24 years on TV, you’d expect Ben Shephard to be used to a bit of pampering. The sports-mad star, who rose to fame as a presenter on GMTV and has been on Good Morning Britain since its launch in 2014, is happily chatting away for the interview in our make-up chair when he has a minor panic. “I never usually have this much make-up on – because you’re distracting me I’m not telling Jo to stop!”
“It would be incredible but intense," says Ben, who lives with wife Annie in Richmond along with their two sons Sam, 17, and Jack, 15. "Everybody’s got an opinion about your rumba or your salsa. I did the salsa with Shirley Ballas on The One Show the other week and the amount of messages I got was really overwhelming!
Despite his dance training, Ben’s career took a different path in 1998 when he got his big TV break launching T4 on Channel 4. However, he quickly learnt about the industry’s downsides when he was fired, with his boss telling him, “It’s not working and I don’t think it’s ever going to.” While that might be the case, his success has made him a target for trolls and Ben has set his social media to block anyone who posts negative comments.
He adds, “I’m not going to be doing any more marathons. Ironically, not because of my knee but because my back’s
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