Lorraine Kelly was forced to deny she’d had ‘fillers’ on Thursday after her ‘swollen face’ left viewers concerned.
The ITV host, 65, appeared on Loose Women as a guest, where she revealed she had a black eye and that fans had been messaging in concerned about the injury.
Panellist Linda Robson pointed out: “You’ve got a bit of a shiner haven’t you” to which Lorraine confirmed: “I have! I will explain, yesterday, you know as women we try to do too many things at one time and we try to do it really fast?
“I had a massive bag of washing, a huge big washing basket, I couldn’t see and was going from the kitchen to the living room, where there’s a wee step, and my slippers are too big, I fell over and then I fell onto a rhino – as you do! I hit my face on it!
“I thought I’d be fine and I woke up this morning with the biggest shiner, this big black eye, I thought I won’t say anything, I won’t say anything and Helen, our fantastic make-up artist, has actually done a brilliant job! Hasn’t she done a great job?”
Asked if it was painful, Lorraine admitted: “It’s okay… it’s a wee tiny bit but I just feel a bit silly! Also, can I just say, somebody phoned in and said: ‘Have I had fillers’… no!
“A lot of people were very kindly, a lot of folks were saying: ‘Are you okay?’, ‘have you got an allergy?’ Our viewers are so lovely! They were like: ‘You should try this!'”
Explaining her black eye once and for all, Lorraine declared: “It’s not an allergy, it’s not fillers!”
It was a busy day for Lorraine as before her Loose Women interview, she hosted her own show Lorraine, which airs Monday to Friday at 9am on ITV.
During the episode, Lorraine spoke to a number of guests including model Twiggy and TOWIE’s Pete Wicks. She also walked over to the This Morning studio and spoke about their new campaign March4March.
Lorraine previously said of the campaign: “I’m so pleased we are launching a campaign dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around mental health.
“I’m so grateful to the amazing names who’ve already agreed to bravely share their stories and pledge their support for such a worthy cause.
“I’m looking forward to getting out walking and talking and I look forward to taking our amazing viewers along with me.”
Loose Women continues on weekdays at 12:30pm on ITV and ITV X.