"So what was Kelly's apparent objection about?
"Do you remember Esther McVey from her GMTV days?" "Yesterday, Piers, I'll be honest with you, I just got sick to the back teeth of the whole toxic political atmosphere," Kelly said. But today Lorraine said that was nonsense, when Piers asked her what the real meaning behind the rift was.
Esther McVey fires back at Lorraine Kelly & hints TV star is jealous 'She can't stand you' FORMER work and pensions secretary Esther McVey was asked if ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly … That is now very sadly to be expected. "And fans were quick to comment on the clear feud between the pair.One said: "How much does Lorraine Kelly hate Esther Mcvey!
"She then took aim at McVey's anti-LGBT voting record, adding: "Yesterday, Piers, I'll be honest with you, I just got sick to the back teeth of the whole toxic political atmosphere. My show was totally separate from that show so there was no interaction to be honest. But that is an absolute lie. Like Kelly (right), Conservative leadership candidate McVey was an ITV breakfast presenter in the 1990s "And as far as sharing dressing rooms go, it wasn't really like that, it's not palatial like it is now... it was just a little room that everybody sort of shared that we got ready in," Kelly told Morgan and Reid.
"Speaking on Tuesday, Kelly played down rumours of the feud, telling Morgan and Reid: "There is no battle.
"I'm baffled, because I had my own show since 1992, and I don't actually think she joined until five years later," Kelly explained.Kelly herself went through a number of morning presenting roles for ITV - including GMTV With Lorraine (a separate programme which followed the main GMTV).She also presented Top of the Morning, Quarter to Nine, Nine O'clock Live and Lorraine Live, all essentially iterations of the same programme.In other words, for the last 25 years, Kelly has generally presented her own segment or programme (which is today titled simply Lorraine) immediately after the main ITV breakfast show.
Reid asked her.Kelly curtly replied: "Yep. "But she's great and it was a great show, and I can't believe it was 20 years ago, but never mind, it was really good at the time, really good fun. Worse than that, she exuded the same lack of warmth that, to me, has characterised her political career," Jon Roseman wrote in the MailLorraine Kelly told off Piers Morgan for stirring the Esther McVey 'feud' earlier this yearLorraine had worked with Eamonn Holmes in the late 1990sEsther McVey, pictured in 2000, claimed Lorraine was 'jealous' of her successEsther McVey took over from Fiona Phillips as a GMTV presenter when the other woman was on maternity leaveFiona accused Esther (pictured right with Eamonn) of lying about being promotedLorraine admits Esther got her 'look' during the awkward exchange These are external links and will open in a new windowAn unlikely figure waded into the Conservative leadership race on Monday - ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly.A clip of her went viral after she appeared to snub Esther McVey.Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid were doing their usual handover with Lorraine, where they ask her what's coming up on her own show later that morning.But on Monday, Lorraine's insert came immediately after an interview the GMB presenting pair had just done with McVey, who was a co-host on the show's forerunner GMTV in the late 1990s.
Lorraine Kelly and Conservative leadership candidate Esther McVey shared an awkward moment on Good Morning Britain. These are external links and will open in a new window "But, she added that McVey's recollection wasn't entirely correct - because she and McVey worked on two different ITV morning programmes, so one could not have been promoted over the other.
Read more “But she’s great and it was a great show,” she went on. And then I was promoted to be partnering with Eamonn Holmes.