SAD NEWS  — Lorraine Kelly Opens Up About Her True Feelings After The ITV Axe, Admitting Things Have Become “Harder And Harder” Behind The Scenes.

Her show’s runtime was slashed, and 22 weeks worth of episodes axed altogether.

Lorraine Kelly has opened up on ITV budget cuts (Image: ITV)

Lorraine Kelly has broken her silence on the cuts at ITV which mean her eponymous show has been axed for 22 weeks of the year. The TV presenter, 66, is used to being on air for an hour every day, 52 weeks of the year – but with swathes of budget cuts hitting the broadcaster, it is now running for just 30 minutes per day, 30 weeks of the year.

In a new interview with Saga Magazine, Lorraine was asked how she felt about the cuts, and admitted: “Really rubbish. A lot of my team got made redundant. It was really hard and harder for them. We were very close-knit, but it’s all about budget. All television shows are in the same boat, we’re not alone.”

She previously told the Mirror: “I don’t see me going anywhere until people get fed up, you know? Until people say, ‘I’ve had enough of that one.’

“It’s really heartbreaking to split up the team. A lot of them have been with me for more than 20 years, and they’re my friends. I’ve grown up with them.

“They were babies when they started with me, and now they’ve got babies of their own.”

Lorraine named her worst show guest (Image: Getty)

But asked if she would consider early retirement, she insisted last year: “Absolutely not. I am going to be toddling off on my Zimmer frame, and even then, I’ll be coming in.”

In her Saga interview, Lorraine also named the worst guest she’s ever had – and it’s a Hollywood legend.

She admitted: “We’ve had a few big stars who’ve been really a***y. Bruce Willis was one, but now I think, ‘Was it because he was having a bad day, or was it the start of his dementia?’”