Lorraine Kelly has spoken candidly about her ITV programme missing out on the Best Daytime prize at the Bafta TV Awards, with BBC One's Scam Interceptors taking home the trophy instead.
The 66-year-old presenter addressed the defeat during Monday's handover from Good Morning Britain, where hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls congratulated her on the nomination.
"You know how people say it was genuinely good to be nominated? It was, but, it would've been better to have won. But, never mind," Ms Kelly remarked.
Her show had been shortlisted alongside The Chase and Richard Osman's House of Games for the coveted daytime category.
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Ms Reid assured her colleague: "You know you are our winner, don't you?"
When reminded she had previously been honoured with a Bafta, the veteran broadcaster replied: "Yeah, I got one for being alive. I got one for surviving telly for 40 years; 'There's a wee award for being alive, off you go."
Ms Kelly received the prestigious Bafta Special Award in 2024, recognising her four decades on British television screens.
The Scottish presenter has been a fixture on ITV since the 1980s, beginning her career at TV-am before moving on to host GMTV and Daybreak.
Her show had been shortlisted alongside The Chase and Richard Osman's House of Games for the coveted daytime category
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Ms Kelly has fronted her eponymous morning chat show since 2010.
Her programme has recently been reduced to 30-minute episodes, airing just 30 weeks annually following budget cuts at the broadcaster.
The nomination recognised the programme's Change and Check episode, which aired last year and focused on breast cancer awareness and early detection.
The campaign was founded by Lorraine producer Helen Addis following Kelly's own breast cancer diagnosis in 2018.
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Ms Reid emphasised the significance of the recognition, telling Ms Kelly: "That is so significant, Lorraine, it's a winning campaign anyway, it saves lives."
Ms Kelly praised her colleague's efforts, stating: "It really does, and our Helen has done an amazing job with that campaign.
"There's got to be room for campaigns like that in television; we should be doing things like that and trying to give back and help people."
The presenter has long championed using her platform to raise awareness of health issues affecting viewers.
During her programme, guests Vogue Williams and Mark Heyes insisted Ms Kelly had been "robbed" of the award.
Despite the disappointment, the host reflected fondly on the evening's highlights.
She said: "It was great to be nominated, it was lovely and do you know what the best thing about the night was?
"Being reunited with my lovely team was so good."
The Scottish presenter has been a fixture on ITV since the 1980s
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The presenter revealed one team member had travelled from Canada specifically to attend the ceremony with them.
Ms Kelly also spoke warmly about sharing the experience with her daughter Rosie, describing how the pair enjoyed preparing for the event together.
She thanked Piccadilly Vaults for lending her diamond jewellery for the occasion, joking she had dashed into the shop en route to collect the pieces, thinking: "Please nobody mug me."
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