By Tianna Corbin

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Since 2010, ITV audiences have watched Lorraine Kelly helm her own self-titled standalone programme, following her earlier stint with a brief segment on GMTV. Yet, the 65-year-old has disclosed there’s one significant disadvantage when it comes to presenting on television and chatting with her guests. This emerges just days after the ITV personality was swift to console one guest on her programme who had heartbreakingly lost her daughter. During Tuesday’s episode, Lorraine was with Sonali Shah and Rishi Davda to speak about Madonna’s recent appearance on Jay Shetty’s podcast, On Purpose. With the entire interview spanning over two hours, the ITV presenters explored how podcasts enable celebrities to delve more deeply when discussing their lives, reports the Express . Rishi observed: “This podcast format is something that a lot of celebrities are gravitating towards. Historically, you would get a small period of time, you know 90 seconds or a two minute interview. “The most popular ones now are 2 and a half hours, sat down with a podcaster just talking, you might end up going into how you got stage fright when you were four years old. But, there seems to be a real interest in peeling back the layers.” In agreement, Lorraine admitted: “Oh, definitely, that’s one of the real drawbacks of doing this. I only get to talk to people for about six-minute chunks. “That’s why I love doing the podcast, because when you talk to someone on a podcast, you’re right, you can really get to know the person, it’s so fascinating” Her remarks follow revelations that ITV are slashing her programme from one hour to thirty minutes next year. Alongside the reduced duration, Lorraine’s programme will only broadcast for 30 weeks annually, a dramatic shift from its present year-round schedule. Loose Women is also encountering alterations, with their programme set to air for just 30 weeks, mirroring the same modification as Lorraine. Meanwhile, Good Morning Britain will receive an additional thirty minutes, concluding at 9:30am. However, during weeks when Lorraine isn’t broadcasting, the programme will end at 10am. Discussing the modifications, Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV’s Media and Entertainment Division said: “Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust as well generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres. “These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.” Lorraine is available to watch on ITVX.