Lady lumps

Radio Times interview with Susanna Reid, moving to the big chair on BBC Breakfast from today, as the programme heads to Salford, and Sian Williams opts to stay in the south.

Newsreader Susanna Reid has poured scorn on people who claim her on-air attire is “too distracting”. The Breakfast host, who has attracted criticism for inadvertently revealing too much flesh while broadcasting, told Radio Times: “People seem to be shocked that women have breasts. There’ll be complaints that there is literally a shadow showing.”

Anne McElvoy in the London Evening Standard


My cynical guess is that Ms Reid’s bosses rather like her YouTube following in which the clips are not solely focused on her interviewing prowess. I have heard senior TV execs talk about women having “a following” in the circumstances when what they really mean is that they are simply thought worthy of a bit of brief lechery. It’s not exactly progress, is it? ......... 


I am not anti-cleavage: it is a great look for after work but not the way to exude seriousness of purpose while you are there. There are plenty of ways to dress well and alluringly without revealing your own personal grand canyon (or lack of it). If in doubt, keep it under control until the lights go down, and definitely before everyone else has finished their cereal.

Meanwhile, there were lumps on the Breakfast sofa this morning - lumps in the throat, with tearful farewells as Sian bade goodbye to fellow presenter Bill Turnbull and the Breakfast production team.