All hail the new Lorraine Kelly, a gritty heroine for our times
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She’s been the embodiment of daytime TV cosiness for three decades, but no more. Now she’s as mad as hell and she’s not going to take this any more
Much fun has been made of Lorraine Kelly’s claim that she is essentially a theatrical artist who appears on television as a character called Lorraine Kelly. Because, clearly, that was just an absurd punt designed to help her escape a million-pound tax bill. Right?
Wrong. This week, Kelly demonstrated exactly how committed she is to maintaining the aesthetic distance between performer and role. Because this week, clad in a comfy sweater embroidered with the words “Silver Linings”, she chose to unveil what can only be described as Lorraine Kelly’s gritty reboot. To paraphrase Taylor Swift: the old Kelly can’t come to the phone right now because she’s dead. In her place stands the new and improved Dark Universe Lorraine Kelly. Continue reading...
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