Josie Gibson “practically had a panic assault” when she was first requested to host This Morning.
The 40-year-old star offered the ITV daytime present for the primary time in 2021 when she crammed in for an unwell Holly Willoughby at brief discover and “could not breathe or speak” when she was requested to take a seat on the well-known couch.
Josie – who had beforehand hosted This Morning’s competitors segments – instructed Finest journal: “I simply could not imagine it… It is nonetheless a ‘pinch me’ second.
“I used to be scared to start with, the primary time I went into the studio I practically had a panic assault. I could not breathe or speak.
“However I am simply so grateful to This Morning; they actually took an opportunity on me after which caught with me!”
Josie has remained as an everyday reduction presenter on This Morning since and loves the programme’s different nature.
The Huge Brother 2010 winner stated: “My goodness, that present is sort of a field of sweets, as Forrest Gump would say – you by no means know what you are going to get.
“I find it irresistible when it will get actually wacky, and it is wonderful to have a job the place I could be myself and principally receives a commission to have fun!”
Josie misplaced weight after consuming as if it have been the Seventies for the two-part Channel 5 present The 1970’s Food regimen and admits that the sequence was “an eye-opener” for her.
She stated: “They needed somebody to tackle the form of life-style that somebody again then would have had – despite the fact that we consider the Seventies because the period of Spam, trifle, liver and issues that are not significantly wholesome! Everybody was rather a lot smaller. So, why was this?
“What I found was that everybody was always on the transfer. No person sat down, and so they walked in every single place. They did not have the comfort of going to a neighborhood takeaway.
“I realized a lot – it was an eye-opener.”
Josie has been candid about her personal struggles along with her weight, however insists that she did not join The Seventies Food regimen to get in higher form.
The presenter – who has son Reggie, seven, from a earlier relationship – stated: “It wasn’t the rationale, no, though, by means of a sequence of exams I had completed, I found that I used to be more healthy and fitter by the top.
“As I’ve grown older, I’ve change into accepting of my physique. Having my son has made me realise what my physique’s completed for me – it is given me the most effective present ever.
“There’s stuff I might love to alter, however it’s a piece in progress.”
