Lorraine Kelly reveals what will make her quit ITV show after 14 years

Presenter Lorraine Kelly has revealed what will make her want to give up her ITV1 show Lorraine as she opened up on becoming a grandmother for the first time

TV star Lorraine Kelly has shared when she will decide to retire from her lengthy presenting career.

The Lorraine host, 64, recently marked 40 years in the limelight and was honoured with a prestigious BAFTA accolade for her influential presence in the world of broadcasting. She is approaching her 65th birthday next month and became a grandmother for the first time over the summer.

Lorraine's daughter Rosie welcomed her first baby, a daughter called Billie Kelly Smith-White in August. The Scottish star even welcomed Billie to viewers of her hit ITV1 show just six weeks later. When announcing the birth of her first grandchild, Lorraine said: "It's just, it's brilliant!

"Everybody said to me you won't believe how much you'll love this little tiny thing and of course you do, but it's amazing to see your own child having a wee baby. It's just lovely, it's wonderful. I can't stop smiling!" However, Lorraine has been asked if Billie could be the reason she decides to step away from her show after 14 years.

Lorraine confessed to Woman's Own: "I've always said if the day comes when I don't really want to go to work, I will stop." She added: "This year has been amazing, but obviously the most wonderful uplifting thing was the birth of Billie. I would live in the garden, in a hut, just to get cuddles."

Since 2010, Lorraine's been waking us up with a smile on Lorraine, her namesake ITV show, after years of brightening mornings on GMTV. Talking about obstacles she's encountered over her career, Lorraine previously disclosed how she once received advice suggesting her Glaswegian background would hold her back on TV.

"It was actually the best thing that could have happened: that comment spurred me to phone the boss of the relatively new breakfast TV station TV- am, who asked me to come down for an interview and then hired me as Scottish correspondent (Bruce Gyngell was Australian so didn't have the same class prejudices reporter!)," she said.

Lorraine's daughter Rosie has been open about postpartum struggles as she appeared on her mum's show. Rosie shared: "I didn't really know about postpartum anxiety. I think a lot of people say your hormones are mental and you have all these feelings. I was very prepared to feel like, 'I'm not good enough, I'm doing well enough,' but I wasn't prepared for not feeling safe as I thought, 'That's not normal.'"

Dr Hillary assured her: "It is normal. 15 percent of women postnatally will feel anxious and worried about everything. You have a new responsibility but you're also tired. You have sleep deprivation and your hormones are taking a huge drop and all of that has a huge influence physiologically on your body and on your mind. You'll worry about everything, Steve, the baby." "After six weeks, I feel the fog has lifted," Lorraine added.

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