Huge ITV daytime star quits as Lorraine Kelly says ‘I can’t bear it’

Lorraine Kelly looked devastated as she broke the news live-on air that one of her colleagues was leaving their role

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Lorraine was visibly gutted to say goodbye to her co-star(Image: ITV)

Scottish morning host Lorraine Kelly was left devastated after she broke the news of her ITV co-star’s departure live on her show.

She admitted, ‘I can’t bear it’ as the told viewers on Thursday morning’s episode that the Lorraine show presenter would be leaving the show imminently, not long after various changes came into the ITV schedules in the new year following a series of cuts.

A sad-looking Lorraine finished the episode by revealing that it was former Strictly star Tyler West’s final day fronting the entertainment segment of her show.

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Lorraine revealed it was Tyler’s last day as entertainment reporter(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

As the new KISS FM Breakfast host alongside Love Island alum Chloe Burrows, she explained he would simply not have the capacity to remain in his job on her morning show.

The early morning show Tyler is taking on had been hosted by Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely since 2020, but the duo dramatically quit their roles back in December.

Tyler, who currently has a presenting slot on Kiss in the afternoons, previously said of his new role, “Kiss Fam! The mornings are going to be unreal!” He added, “It’s time for big laughs and bigger tunes. KISS is where home is – this is your new breakfast show where the door is always open. It’s going to be carnage!”

The popular show rivals the likes of Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James and Capital Breakfast, presented by Chris Stark, Jordan North and Sian Welby.

Tyler has been riding high recently with a stint on Celebrity Race Across the World, in which he finished second, alongside his fiancee, EastEnders star Molly Rainford.

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Tyler and Molly were runners up recently on Celebrity Race Across the World(Image: BBC)

The pair narrowly missed winning the show – and were just two minutes behind Roman and Harley Moon Kemp, after competing in a 5,900km, 33-day journey through Central America – from Mexico to Colombia, with a strict budget and no phones.

Last December, the radio host broke down in tears as he revealed that he attempted suicide after being witness to a murder when he was a teenager.

Tyler explained that he was just 14 when he watched an argument between two “local alcoholics” escalate from his bedroom window – and that one man brought out a knife and slashed the other’s neck.

Revealing that seeing the violent attack left him with “PTSD that I just couldn’t get rid of” on Paul C. Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast, he bravely shared that what he saw still affects him deeply.

He said, “My reaction to it all, was no, I can’t talk about it and that was probably the worst decision I ever made, like not talking about it… Because it built up a lot, like it was just, let’s sweep it under the carpet to the point that then it was unavoidable.