Lorraine Kelly says politicians like Boris Johnson underestimate her ‘at their peril’

Popular ITV daytime presenter Lorraine Kelly said she found it ‘hilarious’ that the Prime Minister had no idea who she was

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Daytime TV presenter Lorraine Kelly said she found it “hilarious” when Boris Johnson said he had no idea who she was and believed politicians “undervalued breakfast over the phone”. to their peril.”

Although the presenter said that the Prime Minister doesn’t need to know who she is, she caught the attention of viewers in his interview with Susanna Reid as proof that politicians are degrading. low alert when interviewed on breakfast TV.

She also stated that the Prime Minister was unsure of how to respond to Reid when she spoke to him as a human, but said that “many politicians today are not”.

Speaking on the Spinning Plates podcast, Lorraine, 62, said: “Recently Susanna Reid interviewed Boris Johnson, and it was amazing that she let him speak. It wasn’t a gladiator, she just wanted to. learn the truth.

“She was totally leaning towards him, I mean it was a great interview, but she treated him like a human being and he didn’t know how to respond. Then, it’s hilarious because he doesn’t know who i am, it’s totally hilarious because why should he know?

“I mean who expects him to know? It doesn’t matter anyway but I think it’s very funny. When it comes to politicians or someone it should be noted that they underestimate the last breakfast. phone and they underestimate the daytime, at the risk of being honest.”

Lorraine continued: “They actually felt pretty comfortable and we could just chat away and then you just start questioning the killer.

“It’s good to treat politicians as human and some are not, some are not, some can’t be involved in asking the usual questions or just talking and conversing rather than just saying what they say. want to talk and evade and all that.

“A lot of politicians these days don’t [human beings] but the people that really stand out, I know Ed Balls isn’t in politics anymore but he’s turned into a really good presenter and he’s a human being and that makes all the difference in the world. . “

When asked if it had something to do with Boris Johnson not knowing who she was, she replied: “It’s very funny, just a miracle, very silly. It makes me giggle. .”