This Morning's Sian Welby reveals scary messages fan sent her for 10 years
This Morning newcomer Sian Welby revealed she was stalked by a relentless fan on social media before rising to the spotlight.
The TV and radio presenter, 37, was at the helm of This Morning this week, hosting alongside Dermot O'Leary, and is reportedly tipped to permanently replace Holly Willoughby, who quit the show in October after 14 years. Sian could become the latest addition to the line-up of presenters on the programme, with bosses keen to sign her to the show.
Sian previously hosted her own radio show on Heart and worked for Channel 4 and 5. However, she opened up about the downsides to her career, revealing she'd been sent creepy messages over the last decades. Speaking on the Headstrong podcast, she revealed: "Obviously I get a few creeps. I have had somebody for the past ten years who has wanted to gunge me. That is always a scary thing I’m worried about. It is a strange job, the more successful you get in your job is that you lose your normal life."
Dermot O'Leary, and Sian Welby on This Morning TV show (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Sian impressed viewers after appearing on This Morning (Instagram/ @sianwelby)Sadly, Sian was made redundant from her job at Channel 5 - although she signed a one-year contract to work for the broadcaster. She shared: "It was mad. It was a blur. I will never know legally what should have happened. I think I signed a year’s contract the day before and the next day they changed their mind. The Met Office said they would do the weather and they decided to do it in house. I trusted the universe with it and I thought, ‘Maybe I am supposed to leave this job'."
Sian has been dubbed a "rising star", sources say, with ITV bosses wanting to give her a chance to see if she can step up. A source told MailOnline: "Sian has many years of presenting experience under her belt, she is very much ear marked as being a star of the future. She has done really well already on This Morning so the bosses thought it was time to give her the reins to the whole show rather than just segments." But what do we know about Sian's life away from the cameras?
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Sian, from Nottingham, started presenting at 19. She starred in an advert for New! magazine and was spotted by Channel 5 boss Richard Desmond. Whilst working part-time as a shop assistant at New Look, Sian became the face of Channel 5 News.
She had been working in the store by day, and recorded videos in the fitting room after the shop closed. She went on to become the lead weather presenter and turned her hand to radio, where she has presented for Heart and Capital. Sian is currently engaged to fiancé Jake Beckett. The couple got engaged last summer, with her revealing the happy news to her Instagram followers.
The Mirror has approached Sian's reps for comment.
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