Star of `GMTV with Lorraine`, Lorraine Kelly left the studios for a day at Mecca Bingo – and admitted that she believes bingo helps keep you young and fit.
Lorraine, who hosts the show Monday - Thursday morning raced up from London to be at the finals of the Bingo Buddy of the Year award at Mecca Bingo in Wednesbury, where she helped judge the national competition.

In the same revealing tartan dress she wore for her recent 50th birthday bash on GMTV, she commented how her Glaswegian gran loves playing bingo: “I used to play bingo a lot, especially when the carnival came to Glasgow,”

“My gran is a big fan and she goes twice a week and I think it is what keeps her young and fit.”

Lorraine, who joined GMTV at its launch in January 1993, says she prefers to be out in the fresh air and supporting her favourite football team Dundee United.

She presented a range of programmes for the breakfast television station including the main show with Eamonn Holmes. After taking maternity leave in 1994 and giving birth to her daughter Rosie on 8th June, she returned to GMTV later that year to present her own show, 'Nine O`Clock Live' – later extended and re-titled 'Lorraine Live'. This was re-named 'LK Today' in the autumn of 2000, and 'GMTV With Lorraine' in January 2009.

She is married to Steve Smith, a freelance cameraman. They live in Scotland with their daughter Rosie.

Lorraine is not shy about her age: “Everyone asked me if I was worried about it, but I just saw it as an excuse for a party.

“Everyone you went to school with knows how old you are so why try to hide it.  It is better to have people know how old you are and then they can tell you that you look good for your age.”

The star credits her mum, Anne for her looks: “It’s all thanks to my mum that I have my legs and my cheekbones.

“It is all down to luck as I get up quite early in the morning.  However, I try to be as healthy as possible – although I love chocolate and red wine.”

Lorraine has no intention to take part in celebrity tv shows either

“I will never do anything like that,” says Lorraine.  “In fact I would prefer to eat my own head.

“I don’t like the thought of having to eat strange animals and insects on I’m a Celebrity.

“Dr Hilary did Dancing on Ice but I think I prefer to be sat on the sofa doing the watching and laughing.”

In April l99l she was awarded the TRIC Diamond Jubilee Award for New Talent of the Year and 'Presenter of the Year' by the RTS in March 2006.

In addition to her GMTV commitments, Lorraine has hosted her own lunchtime show on Talk Radio. She presented 'A Family of Their Own' and 'A Question of TV', 'Lorraine Kelly's DNA Stories', and 'Liquid News' for the BBC. She has been a guest on 'Have I Got News For You', 'So Graham Norton', 'Room 101', `Newsnight`, and 'Gok's Fashion Fix'.

The star writes weekly columns for The Sun, the Sunday Post (Scotland) and Best magazine and has also has written two books in the 'Fun to Learn' series for pre-school children and 'Lorraine Kelly's Baby and Toddler Eating Plan' (2002). Her autobiography, 'Lorraine: Between You and Me' was released in August 2008. Lorraine has also released 4 videos: 'Bringing Up Baby' (1994), which stars herself and her baby daughter Rosie; and three fitness videos, 'Figure It Out' (1998), 'Figure Happy' (1999) and 'Walk Off The Pounds With Lorraine Kelly' (2004).