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Tina Campbell

Lorraine Kelly reveals real reason she was sent home sick by ITV after returning to show

Lorraine Kelly has returned to work with a full bill of health after previously being sent home with a “buglet”.

The Scottish TV star, 63, delighted fans on Monday when she returned to her ITV daytime show after after being forced to miss a couple of days due to illness.

Giving a health update to Dr Hilary Jones on Lorraine, she explained: “I’m fine. That was so weird last week, I came in on Wednesday morning and I got sent home.

“It was just a buglet and normally I can bat them away but this time it was a cracker. It’s all good.”

Kelly was replaced by Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh at the last minute on Wednesday after suddenly being taken sick.

Ranvir Singh was forced to step in for Lorraine Kelly at the last minute last week (ITV)

Explaining her absence on Twitter, she wrote: “When you have to be sent home from work early in the morning because you are suddenly attacked by a hideous bug and were looking forward to interviewing @adamlambert THAT! Beyond disappointed but imagine if I had infected him!!!!!!”

Kelly had revealed the day before that she would be returning to screens when she gave a hilarious response to a fan online who said they could not believe her age, writing: “Feck Stuartie — neither can I! See you 9am tomorrow.”

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