Josie Gibson has finally revealed why she’s been away from This Morning for a number of weeks.
The 39-year-old returned to screens this week for her Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide with Josie Gibson show, and now she’s confirmed that that’s not all we’ll be seeing from her in the coming weeks.
Amid her break from This Morning, Josie has also been busy filming her brand new Channel 5 show First Class Travel, as well as another programme based on food from the 1970s.
“I’ve been filming a show about the 1970s, that is again for Channel 5,” she shared.
“It’s not like a diet show, but like an investigative [one], like how they were eating in the 1970s.”
Describing the food she tried for the series, she said with a laugh: “It was bl***y awful.”
A title or date for the new show is yet to be confirmed, however her travel series will be on Channel 5 at some point in January.
Ahead of this, Josie confirmed that she will be back on This Morning with her “family” before the year concludes, putting an end to concerns that she has left the programme.
“I went back to interview Cher the other day, and then I’m going back to London this weekend to do a bus ride [to see the Christmas lights] around London and do all the adventures [with her son Reggie],” she spilled.
“I’ll be on [This Morning] next week, I don’t know if I’m meant to say but I’ve said it now, with Dermot O’Leary, and yeah let’s see what the new year brings.”
She added of her busy schedule: “I’m having a really good time doing it and what I’ve got to try and remember is it’s so busy, but you’ve just to got to enjoy the moment that you’re in.”
As well as her television commitments, Josie has also teamed up with First Bus, to celebrate the vital role travelling on the bus plays in connecting communities through conversation.
New research shows that nearly three in 10 (30%) of Brits have made long-lasting friendships with people they have met on the bus.
Josie herself had “a wholesome” day during a recent bus ride in her hometown where she met a selection of local heroes from across the country, who are doing spectacular things within their community.
“I got to listen to all their stories and everything they’ve been up to. And these people, I’m not joking, they have given up their time which is your biggest currency, their energy, to do incredible stuff,” she shared.
Josie also has a soft spot for the bus service as without the routes on offer, she wouldn’t have been able to get to her previous jobs.
“First Bus has played such an integral part in my life and such an integral part in everybody else’s lives.
“It was just a lovely thing to get involved in. And without the bus routes, I realised, I would have never ever have got to my jobs.
“I did jobs with quite a lot of communicating so I used to sell home insurance and car insurance, I don’t know whether I’d be where I am now [without them]. It’s really weird, it can have a knock-on effect to wherever you are.”