Lorraine Kelly treated fans to a picture of her beloved father John to mark his 77th birthday on Thursday.
The 58-year-old presenter joked it was “shameless” to use her ITV show to send a personal message but she was going to do it anyway.
And why not!
Lorraine told viewers: “This is shameless but it’s my dad’s birthday today. So dad, happy 77th birthday! I can’t believe he’s 77 – he looks great.”
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A photo then flashed up showing a baby Lorraine being cradled by her adoring dad.
She said: “I want to show everyone, that’s probably the earliest picture of me and my wee daddy. Wasn’t he cool? How cool is he?
“Do you know what? What he’s wearing, [fashion expert] Mark Hayes would probably wear that now!
“And the hair! He doesn’t have quite as much hair now but it doesn’t matter!
“Happy birthday dad. Have a fantastic day. A great day. And I’ll see you at the weekend.”
Lorraine has frequently spoken about her close bond with father John, once describing him as her “hero”.
Her dad was 18 and her mum Anne was 17 when she was born.
She once told The Guardian: “Mum was unmarried when she got pregnant with me, and Granny Mac, my formidable maternal grandmother, wanted her to have me down south before giving me up.
“Dad refused because he was very much in love with Mum, and they married four months before I was born. They were just teenagers and I can’t imagine how they coped.”
And she told The Times in 2008: “Dad has only said ‘I’m so proud of you’ the once. It was on my wedding day and we were in the house, just me and him, waiting for the car to pick us up.
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“It was followed by a lot of coughing and changing the subject. But it was totally sincere and from the heart.
“My parents are not the kind of folk to toot their own horn. They’d never say: ‘You were wonderful, Lorraine.’ But they watch me on TV every day, without fail, God love ’em.”
Happy birthday, John!