Former TV boss Mike Hollingsworth says he gave Lorraine her first job, contrary to the ITV star’s account of her big break.
Lorraine Kelly ’s backstory of entering into the world of television has been called into question by a former boss.
The ITV documentary, which aired on Wednesday, showed Lorraine saying that she was relatively unknown as a junior in a regional office. In the documentary, Lorraine claims she was hired by TV-am in 1984 because the TV station was run by "an Australian" who was not dissuaded by her Glasgow accent. But Mike claimed that he had first hired Lorraine.
"I remember him taking his glasses down and looking at me and said: 'You're never going to make it in television - not with that accent. You're going to have to get elocution lessons. It's not going to happen' - and I was crushed." However, Lorraine was dead-set on making it in the industry, explaining: "I found out there was a job going at TV-am. I picked up the phone. I asked to be put through to the big boss.
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