Summary
Freshly squeezed fruit juice was the secret weapon that helped Kelly Dalglish to survive 4am starts on breakfast TV. But the daughter of Liverpool football legend Kenny Dalglish tells Dan Davies she has had to overcome far greater problems in her life than early shifts
Sky Sports presenter and the daughter of a footballing legend, Kelly Dalglish is what might be termed 'a good sport' (no pun intended). Whooping with laughter on a photoshoot for Live, she doesn't flinch when pints of freshly squeezed fruit juice are sent flying all over her shirt and arms like something from a slapstick comedy. And even when she's asked to climb naked into a bath filled with oranges, lemons and limes, she doesn't bat an eyelid.See the full content of this document
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Rise and Shine
It might have something to do with the fact that Kelly is a huge fan of juicers they helped sustain her during her first job as a television presenter. Talking about her early days at Sky Sports News prompts blushes of horror at some of the clangers she dropped as a rookie anchor woman and painful memories of the early starts.
'I was doing really early shifts for about 18 months, and getting up at 4am was like having constant PMT I hated it. I'm not a morning person, I loathed the early shifts. I'd cry at the smallest thing and be snapping at everyone. It got to the stage where I'd leave home with a coat over my pyjamas and have a shower wh...See the full content of this document
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