Lorraine Kelly baffled viewers on Thursday when she didn’t appear on her own show, but later appeared on This Morning.
The 64-year-old Scottish broadcaster is currently on presenting leave due to it being half term, and her show today will be presented by Ranvir Singh.
But despite being absent from her main show, Lorraine was a guest on This Morning, leaving fans stunned.
Lorraine presents her show from Monday to Thursday each week, having stopped working on Fridays since the beginning of this year and taking the school holidays, at which time Ranvir or Christine Lampard step in in her place.
And Lorraine’s pattern of appearance on her show has sparked viewers’ interest, with an account on X, formerly Twitter, created to monitor her appearances.
Lorraine Kelly baffled viewers on Thursday when she didn’t appear on her own show, but later appeared on This Morning.
Called Where’s Lorraine?, with the handle @LorraineKWatch, the account updates followers on whether or not the Scottish star has hosted the show that day.
On Thursday morning, the account posted: ‘Lorraine Kelly did not present her own show this morning with Ranvir Singh intervening. Lorraine has presented 24 episodes out of 33 (72.7%) this year, Ranvir has presented five and Christine Lampard has presented four. .’
And in a surprise twist just two hours later, the account revealed: ‘BONUS LORRAINE (horn emoji).
“After not appearing on her own show for five consecutive episodes, Lorraine Kelly is a guest on today’s #ThisMorning, which is filmed in the same building as #Lorraine.”
Many viewers were unimpressed to see Lorraine on This Morning despite her absence from her own show.
‘LORRAINE KELLY DIDN’T EVEN PRESENT HER OWN SHOW THIS MORNING AND WILL APPEAR THIS MORNING?!’ one person got angry. “IT’S THE SAME STUDIO BUILDING THAT YOU LITERALLY COULD NOT BOTHER TO BE ON SET.”
Another wrote: “The fact that Lorraine is here this morning but not presenting her show today is killing me.”
While another said: ‘How come Lorraine Kelly couldn’t do her own show today but managed to appear on This Morning which airs in the same building?’
Lorraine (seen on This Morning on Thursday) presents her show Monday to Thursday each week, having stopped working on Fridays since the start of this year and taking school holidays.
When Lorraine is on vacation, Ranvir or Christine Lampard fill in as the talk show hosts.
On Thursday morning, the account posted: “Lorraine Kelly didn’t host her own show this morning and Ranvir Singh intervened.”
And in a surprise twist just two hours later, the account revealed: ‘BONUS LORRAINE (horn emoji)’
Excitingly updating her followers on her appearance, another viewer wrote: ‘⚠️ @LorraineKWatch SHE LIVE THIS MORNING FROM THE SAME ITV BUILDING AS HER OWN SHOW.’
“Ranvir came out of Lorraine’s studio just to look over and see Lorraine sitting on the couch this morning,” said another, referring to their stand-in presenter.
The controversy surrounding her performance comes weeks after Lorraine was unmasked as Owl on Masked Singer UK, on which she also appeared as a guest judge.
The moment left viewers and judges stunned as the announcer removed her enormous mask to wild applause from the studio audience.
Ellie Goulding joined Rita Ora, Mo Gilligan, Jonathan Ross and Davina McCall on the panel, however no one managed to guess that it was actually Lorraine who had been strutting on stage.
With host Joel Dommet exclaiming, “This might be one of the best reveals we’ve had on the show!”
Unable to wipe the huge smile off her face, Lorraine gushed: “I loved being Owl, I loved every second of it, the show is so joyful.”
Many viewers were unimpressed to see Lorraine on This Morning despite her absence from her own show.
Lorraine later admitted she was surprised the panel didn’t notice the Scottish accent.
Saying: ‘I worked really hard to try not to be too Scottish, but I thought they’d catch me straight away, and I thought it was very funny what they were saying.’
‘It was really funny. I was very glad they didn’t catch me.’
He also revealed that his family would be surprised by the news after keeping his appearance on the show a secret.
“My daughter just doesn’t believe it, because she always makes fun of me because when we sing in the car, I just make up the words to the songs.”