Television presenter Lorraine Kelly is the cover star for the January issue of Attitude magazine, which hits the shops today.
The popular TV personality, who celebrated her 60th birthday last week, marked the milestone birthday – as well as 35 years in television – with a regal makeover to present her drag alter ego, Morning Gloria.
Lorraine is part of Attitude’s Activist and Allies issue which also features 1975s Matty Healy, model and activist Munroe Bergdorf and performer Scottee as well as other activists from the LGBTIA community.
The presenter spoke to the publication about her enduring support of the gay community, trans rights and the power of drag.
She also spoke about throwing shade at MP Esther McVey during the latest instalment of the Attitude LGBTQ Slang Challenge.
When asked what the word Shade meant during the segment – which requires participants to define common words and phrases – Lorraine may have reignited her feud with MP Esther McVey, 52, by referring to her as a “ghastly” woman.
Lorraine answered: “Oh Shade, shade has been stolen as everyone throws shade now, don’t they.”
She went on to say: “I guess I threw shade on Esther McVey, because she was annoying me so much, ghastly woman.”
“The thing about shade is that most people that you cast shade on really deserve it, they really do.”
Earlier in the year, Lorraine appeared to snub former GMTV presenter Esther during a live segment when the Tory MP appeared on Good Morning Britain.
Speaking about the incident with Piers Morgan at a later date, the TV host explained it was the politician’s stance on LGBT rights that she “strongly disagreed” with.
Lorraine said: “Yesterday, Piers, I’ll be honest with you, I just got sick to the back teeth of the whole toxic political atmosphere”
She continued: “I strongly disagree with her on LGBT rights, I just thought, I’ve had enough of this, we’ve had two-and-a-half years of going round in circles and not sorting Brexit out, and now we’ve got a state in Britain where people are at each other’s throats, and it’s got to stop.”
Expanding her thoughts further, Lorraine told the publication she felt it was important to call out injustice when you see it.
The television host said: “We’re all entitled to our points of view when it comes to politics but if something’s actually wrong, it doesn’t matter whether you’re really left, right or in the middle, I don’t care what party you’re in.”
She added: “You’ve got people like Esther McVey and Ann Widdecombe with their stance on the whole LGBTQ community, which is wrong. I don’t find that political, I just find that this is either right, or it isn’t. My point of view is that if something’s unjust, or not right, you should call it.”
To see the full video visit: Attitude LGBTQ Slang Challenge
