Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter, best known as the first presenter of The X Factorand for presenting daytime shows including Loose Womenand This Morning. In 2010, she co-presented the first series of 71 Degrees North alongside Gethin Jones...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth7 February 1973
talking domestic-violence needs
Women trapped in violent relationships need to know that there's no shame in talking out and walking out on their abusive partners.
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I don't know why I fell - I hadn't been drinking, honest! But it hurt like hell
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It's a real shame -- the end of an era. I can't believe it has closed but times have changed and there is a lot more competition now.
enthused hard work
As hard work as it is, we are so enthused about it,
discussing funeral love man missing moment stop work
There was a man who was missing his mother's funeral for the audition. And the moment we stop discussing it 24/7 really is the moment we should stop doing the show. You can't work on a show like this and not love it.
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I am really excited about Battle of the Stars, the line-up looks fantastic. I've no doubt that despite their fame my hand holding will still be in high demand as they take on the judges often harsh words. Lets just hope I'm not having to mop up too many tears!
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We all like to think that if we were the victims of domestic abuse we'd up and leave - but it's not always as easy or straightforward as that. Women stay with abusive partners for all kinds of reasons - they love them, they fear them, they have children with them, they believe they can change them or they simply have no where else to go.