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John Bett & Kyle O'Sullivan

Lorraine Kelly's adorable love life with 'defenceless' husband and sex symbol status

As the host of ITV's Lorraine, Lorraine Kelly is a welcome daily visitor to homes across the country.

With a career that spans almost 40 years, she's one of the most recognised faces on TV, which has left many people wondering what her life is like away from the camera.

The 63-years-old presenter and journalist has been married to husband Steve since 1992.

They met when he was working as a cameraman on TV-am, and she knew he was "the one" from the moment she first saw him.

Speaking to Woman and Home, Lorraine once said: "He walked into the TV-am office 28 years ago where I was working as a reporter and he was part of the crew, and I thought, 'That'll do, I'm having that.'

Lorraine and Steve met while they were working together (PA)

"We were friends for a good year, then it all happened rather quickly when we had to do a shoot on location at Glencoe. We were staying in a tiny hotel in the middle of nowhere and I got him incredibly drunk on tequila before making my move. The way I remember it is that I leapt on him like a ninja and he had absolutely no defence!"

In 1994 the couple became parents to Rosie, who is their only child. Lorraine suffered a miscarriage five years later.

Lorraine and Steve decided not to go down the IVF or adoption route because they felt lucky to have healthy and happy Rosie.

Discussing the news of Meghan Markle's brave revelation about her miscarriage in July 2020, the presenter discussed her own loss with Dr Hilary Jones.

"It was almost exactly the same, having to go to hospital and the way she talked about it," she told her colleague.

"What really helped me was being able to talk to you obviously and also other people, but also Rosie."

Rosie was just five-years-old when her parents suffered the loss and has vague memories of what happened, but only truly discovered the full extent by reading her mum's book.

"I do remember. We were in Dundee," she recalled in a 2015 interview to OK! magazine alongside her mother.

"I was in the car with Dad following the ambulance. I was okay, though - I had no idea what was going on."

Rosie knows her mum better than anyone else (Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Rosie confessed her male friends all fancy her mum (PA)

Outside of the tragedy, Lorraine and Steve have been blessed with a happy married, and she once shared what she believes is the secret.

"I met Steve when I was about Rosie's age. I try to never take him for granted, and he's just really funny," she said.

"He does put up with a lot though. If things are getting too much for me or I'm overwhelmed, he's really good at just being like: 'Take five.'"

Naturally, Steve is her biggest fan, loving everything about her, inside and out.

"We're happy. Steve's never minded what I look like, he's always made me feel confident. I've been lucky," Lorraine said in 2015.

And he's not the only one who thinks Lorraine is a looker. Throughout her career she often be hailed as something of a sex symbol.

Lorraine has laughed at the idea of viewers finding her sexy, insisting: "I prefer to think of myself as cuddly."

Daughter Rosie remembers when she found out that her friends at school fancied her mum.

"I suppose people my age didn't really watch Mum because they were at school. Although all my male friends say that they fancy her all the time," Rosie previously told The Sun.

During the joint interview, Lorraine replied: "Do they? Ha! You know how to make a 61 year old happy!"

Lorraine struggles to see herself as a sex symbol - but viewers certainly do (instagram)

Rosie also discussed the side of her mum that nobody else gets to see when she's on the telly.

"It takes a lot for her to be annoyed…," she said, before her mum cut in.

Lorraine added: "But when I'm annoyed, I'm annoyed. Everyone's just trying to go about their lives, so I hate bigotry and bullying and you see that a lot online unfortunately. I just think that's the kind of thing that would get me really, really angry."

When Rosie was younger, Lorraine had to juggle her career and travelled back and forward from London to Dundee meaning Steve was the primary caregiver.

He was always the one telling Rosie to "eat your broccoli, do your homework," Lorraine said.

"He was the bad cop. I was the one who would let her sit and watch the rubbish on the telly. I wouldn't be very good at doing discipline anyway," confessed Lorraine.

Lorraine with husband Steve, who she wed in 1992 (rosiekellysmith • /Instagram)

Rosie added: "Dad was always the one who gave me a telling-off!"

Back in 2015, Lorraine got her confidence back after dropping three dress sizes.

She said: "I've got a confidence I've never had before. I'm doing things like tucking my blouse into my trousers and it feels amazing.

"For me not having to wear something large that covers my legs and my bottom feels like a major step."

In August 2019, Lorraine set pulses racing when she posed in a breathtaking bikini-clad Instagram snap.

In the sun-scorched post, the chirpy personality slipped into a white halterneck bikini for her day in the pool while she holidayed in India.

Christine Lampard, who was filling in for the presenter while she was on holiday, even claimed she could be a 'new page 3 girl'.

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