'Big Brother held me back a bit and nobody wanted to know – and I mean nobody.'
The presenter has become a firm favourite on the ITV daytime show since joining the team in 2018, first fronting competition segments before going on to become a regular relief host.
Josie admitted she struggled to break in to the world of presenting after shooting to fame as the winner ofAdvertisement“I’ve always done like reality shows, columns and things like that, but I’ve always wanted to be a presenter. I think because of the Big Brother thing, it held me back a bit and nobody wanted to know – and I mean nobody.
“Over two years, I tried and I literally put myself out there. Nobody knows this but I got into [TV presenting] because I did not stop trying. More than 72 people I tried – I had a list of people who I’d asked for a job. “And then I went on This Morning one day and Eamonn was on there. He said: ‘I like you, you’re different. Go and send some ideas to the bosses at This Morning.’ And then they gave me a chance, and even though I wasn’t great to begin with, my This Morning lot stuck with me. They’ve helped me grow.
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