Lorraine Kellys Hilarious Take on Meeting Husband

Lorraine Kelly has revealed how she managed to woo her husband Steve Smith as she insisted he initially wasn't interested in her romantically.

The TV presenter, 66, and her retired cameraman husband, also 66, met when they while they were working together TV-AM in the 1980s.

However, Lorraine took her chance to try it on with Steve when there were filming in Glencoe with the mountain rescue team.

Speaking to Sunday Times Home, she revealed: 'I got him terribly drunk and leapt on him like a ninja he had no defence, poor soul. 

'It's our 35th anniversary next year and to celebrate I want to go to Mongolia or spend more time in the Falklands to see it properly it's like Scotland with penguins.'

The couple, who share their 31-year-old daughter Rosie, have now been married for 35 years and live in Berkshire.

Revealing what they like to do together, Lorraine told the publication that there big shared passion is travelling and that's what they choose to spend money on.

She said: 'A lot of people splurge on jewellery or cars, but I don't own a car and I only have one pair of earrings. Travel is the only thing my husband and I really spend money on. We love exploring and we've been to Asia many times because my brother lives in Singapore and Rosie lived there for a few years.'

Lorraine told how they celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in 2017 by following in Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton's footsteps to Antarctica.

The Lorraine presenter, who has hosted her self-titled show since 2010, also revealed that they travel to Africa most years and have visited Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe twice and Tanzania.

Lorraine said she wouldn't visit somewhere relaxing like the Maldives because she always likes to be on the go and doing something.

Late last year, Lorraine revealed how she and her long-term partner keep their spark alive as she detailed the  flirty messages she gets from husband whenever she opts for a more daring outfit on her show.

Lorraine tends to keep her marriage away from the spotlight, but she recently shared the sweet secret to their long-lasting relationship.

Speaking to The Mirror, she explained that she and Steve still ‘fancy’ each other — and revealed he even sends her cheeky compliments while she's live on air.

She revealed: 'That’s important too, all that malarkey. It’s not the main thing, but it’s important.

'The thing he does do, on the rare occasions I might wear something a little lower cut than normal on my show, he sends me a wee text to say, "Nice boobies!" So he appreciates that.'

It comes after Lorraine admitted she is 'upset' by the 'seismic' cuts to her daytime ITV show.

'The thing he does do, on the rare occasions I might wear something a little lower cut than normal on my show, he sends me a wee text to say, "Nice boobies!" So he appreciates that.'

Lorraine has seen her long-running morning programme hit by major changes announced in May, with Good Morning Britain now taking over her 9–10am slot for 22 weeks of the year.

For the remaining 30 weeks, Lorraine will front the show five days a week - meaning her regular Friday stand-ins, Ranvir Singh and Christine Lampard, will no longer be needed.

The show's running time has also been slashed in half, and will now air for just 30 minutes, from 9.30am to 10am.

Speaking about the shake-up on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Lorraine confessed she was deeply saddened by the decision.

She said: 'I was disappointed, of course I was. This is the world that we live in now.

'Things have to change, I mean, I've been through so many regime changes in my life.

'For me, this is just another one, but it's seismic. The thing that has upset me the most is the fact that we've got this great team, and obviously, that's not going to be in place next year because jobs will go.

'Hopefully I'll be able to hang on to some of these amazing people - that's my aim. It's very, very sad. It really is.'

Earlier this year, Lorraine told The Mirror she'd had an 'inkling' that there would be changes coming, but that the show had been 'trying really hard' to make up for the lack of budget by 'punching way above our weight for the quality of guests that we get on'.

Admitting she had been 'angry' over the decision, Lorraine insisted that her ire was on behalf of her team, who saw their jobs also slashed.

Reports previously suggested that out of ITV's daytime staff of around 450 employees, up to 220 jobs are at risk.

She claimed she had been 'fine' with the news that her shows would be shorter and on less frequently, as her main priority had been to 'save as many jobs as possible'.

While she said many of those who lost their jobs have since been assigned to other programmes, Lorraine confessed it had been 'heartbreaking' to lose team members that she'd 'grown up with' and worked alongside for more than 20 years.

She said: 'It’s been difficult with the cuts, it’s been hard. I’m a lot happier about it now, but it was honestly and genuinely all about the team. I wasn't annoyed or angry about this for me... it was about the team.'

But despite her heartbreak over the changes - and several predictions that she is set to quit for good next year - she insisted that the cuts have not convinced her to retire.

Citing the likes of Loose Women panellists Janet Street Porter and Gloria Hunniford as 'astonishing women who are just getting into their stride in their 70s and 80s', Lorraine insisted that she would be following in their stead.

In answer to the reports that she will be making her exit when her year-long contract comes to an end, she denied: 'Absolutely not. I am going to be toddling off that show in my Zimmer frame, and even then, I’ll be coming in.

'I don’t see me going anywhere until people get fed up, you know? Until people say, I’ve had enough of that one.'