{"id":448448,"date":"2025-09-24T17:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448448\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:39:15","slug":"lulu-says-so-sorry-after-this-morning-blunder-as-host-steps-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448448\/","title":{"rendered":"Lulu says ‘So sorry’ after This Morning blunder as host steps in"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Morning host Ben Shephard was forced to apologise as he and his co-host Cat Deeley welcomed singer Lulu to the ITV daytime show<\/p>\n

Meghna Amin<\/strong> Screen Time Reporter<\/p>\n

11:23, 24 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

This Morning<\/a> host Ben Shephard<\/a> was compelled to intervene during today’s ITV daytime show.<\/p>\n

The presenter, appearing alongside Cat Deeley, invited Shout legend Lulu onto the programme to chat about her autobiography, where she candidly discussed her battle with alcoholism.<\/p>\n

During the interview, Lulu disclosed how she had concealed her addiction<\/a> from loved ones before entering rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

“I struggled for years secretly; nobody knew I was an alcoholic,” she began.<\/p>\n

When questioned “how bad was it?” she responded: “It was never bad because I was a ‘fall down drunk’. No one ever saw me,” reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She then disclosed a telephone conversation with Elton John, repeating his exact words: “Elton said to me, ‘How the f**k did I miss that?'”<\/p>\n

\"BenThe This Morning presenters were forced to step in(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Cutting in, Ben remarked: “Elton has an interesting choice vocabulary, we just need to be careful because it’s quite early! So apologies.”<\/p>\n

“So sorry, I’m so sorry,” Lulu responded.<\/p>\n

Lulu continued by saying she felt “so ashamed” of her dependency, adding: “I’d go out and have a drink, a couple of drinks, but it was then when I’d go home that I would have another drink.<\/p>\n

\"LuluLulu on This Morning(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

“You’ll know you’re an alcoholic if you can’t stop.<\/p>\n

“I have a lot of friends who have a drink and say, ‘I’ve had enough,’ but I couldn’t do that.<\/p>\n

“I was a highly functioning alcoholic, that’s why nobody knew.<\/p>\n

“I would fall asleep sozzled, but I’d set the alarm, wake up for work the next day, brush myself off and go to work.”<\/p>\n

\"LuluLulu appeared on BBC Breakfast earlier today(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Lulu shared a poignant conversation with her sister, where she realised her family might have been aware of her battle with alcohol, stating “the cat was out of the bag”.<\/p>\n

She said: “It was as if somebody up there likes me, I now have to share it, I couldn’t ask for help before but at that moment, I looked at my sister and said, ‘I have to go to rehab, right?’ She said, ‘I think so,’ and I was there the next day.”<\/p>\n

Wrapping up the interview, she expressed gratitude saying: “All I can say is, I’ve had so much help, I’m so lucky.”<\/p>\n

\"Lulu\"The singer spoke about her addiction ahead of her new memoir(Image: Getty Images for Disney)<\/p>\n

On BBC Breakfast earlier today, Lulu broke down in tears talking about her struggles, describing alcohol as somewhat of a “family disease” and said it was “obviously in my genes”.<\/p>\n

“To be very honest about my parents, they were chaotic,” she explained. “And they would throw things, and the noise was hellacious. That was difficult.”<\/p>\n

The singer began to become emotional as she added: “But, you know, I loved my parents… I miss them… but I also hated their behaviour.”<\/p>\n

“I have resilience, which I’m very grateful for,” she added. “Because no matter how many times I’ve fallen down, I bounce up again.”<\/p>\n

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