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Charlotte Everett

This Morning's Josie Gibson says her TV career is a 'fluke' saying she 'wasn't good'

This Morning's Josie Gibson has confessed that she thinks her TV career is a "fluke" and that she "wasn't good" at the start.

The star, 38, first rose to fame after appearing on and winning Big Brother 13 years ago and went on to have an impressive TV career.

However, she has said she still doesn't believe that she works on This Morning as she couldn't even read the autocue in the beginning.

The mum-of-one had to have laser eye surgery so she could read it better and has thanked those on the show who have given her a chance.

Josie hosts This Morning (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Josie is a mum-of-one (josiegibson85/Instagram)

Speaking to OK!, Josie said there was one time she had a panic attack in the studio but the show gave her another chance.

She said: "My career is a complete fluke," she tells us. "I didn't think I was even going to go on Big Brother, and then when I got out, I thought that I'd quite like to do some presenting.

"I wasn’t very good at the start, because I couldn’t see the autocue, but then I had my eyes lasered, and This Morning gave me a chance.

" Fair play to the show – they even stuck with me after I had a panic attack in the studio because I was so nervous. But they really nurtured me and they’ve been brilliant to me.

"I cannot believe I work on This Morning. I actually cannot get over it. If someone had told me I’d present one of the biggest daytime TV shows I would have laughed in their face. I feel so grateful and honoured."

Josie is now one of the presenters of This Morning as well as doing competition segments.

However, she started out filming funny sections such as testing out rollercoasters.

But in 2021 Josie started taking more of a front seat and started presenting the main show.

Despite Josie being a fan favourite among viewers, it seems that her son Reggie isn't starstruck by his mum.

During her interview, Josie asked him: "Reg, do you know I’m on TV?" to which he answered: "No mummy, I watch YouTube and I don’t want to see you on that."

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