Lorraine Kelly reveals dad’s secret health battle and admits she thought she was going to lose him
Lorraine Kelly has revealed she feared how she was going to lose her dad – after he suffered a secret cancer scare.
The television presenter, 61, spoke about the secret battle as she admitted she worried she was going to lose her beloved dad John.
However fortunately what they feared was lung cancer turned out to be an infection.
She told The Sunday People: “We went through a few very tough months thinking we were going to lose him. It was just awful – but he was amazing, he rallied.
“This time last year he was in hospital and got out just before Covid started. He basically has heart failure.
“He also had a really bad scare and they thought he had lung cancer but it was just a massive, massive infection.”
Lorraine also opened up about how difficult she was finding it not being able to see her parents in person.
The presenter lives in London with husband Steve while her parents are back in Scotland.
She added: “I haven’t seen my mum or dad since last July.
“That I have found the most difficult, not to be able to nip up and see them.
“You know what it’s like with parents – they don’t want to tell you there’s anything wrong so they say, ‘Yeah, I’m fine’ because they don’t want you to worry as they know there’s nothing you can do. So that’s really hard.”
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But the family are planning a huge celebration abroad for her mum’s 80th in September – covid restrictions willing.
She hopes to take them to Singapore to see her brother and his girlfriend.
She added: “That will be such an emotional, amazing celebration. I just hope we can do it out of travel restrictions.”