Gethin Jones bids farewell to Morning Live co-star as she steps away from show for huge new project
GETHIN Jones wished one of his Morning Live co-stars good luck as he revealed she would be taking some much needed time off to focus on a huge new project.
The star made the announcement as he hosted Thursday’s edition of the show with Sara Cox.
He was of course referring to Kimberley Walsh after it was confirmed that she would be heading back out on tour with Girls Aloud as part of a much-anticipated reunion.
The 42 year old and her fellow bandmates sent fans into a frenzy when they revealed they would be taking to the stage once again in May and June next year.
Addressing the announcement, Gethin revealed that Kimberley would be taking a few weeks away from the sofa for the very exciting venture.
Opening the show, he said: “Hello and welcome to Morning Live on a Thursday, we start with some exciting Morning Live family news, don’t we?”
Sara then added: “A member of the Morning Live family is going on tour, and sadly it’s not you Dr Oscar with your dancing, but of course our brilliant Kimberley who is going on tour next summer with Girls Aloud.
“We can’t wait. It’s so exciting, it’s going to be magnificent and most importantly I might get some shifts in the swivelly pink chair.”
Girls Aloud were the talk of the nation when it was confirmed that the band would be singing together once again for the first time in over a decade.
Kimberley will reunite with Cheryl, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts for The Girls Aloud Show, which will mark the first time they have toured as a four-piece.
It comes two years on from bandmate Sarah Harding‘s tragic death from breast cancer, aged 39.
After confirming that Kimberley would be back in the BBC studio in a few weeks, he encouraged fans to catch her and the girls on The One Show this evening where they will be chatting about the reunion.
He told viewers: “We will get the goss though from the girls and [tonight] they are on The One Show at 7pm on BBC One, so make sure you tune in for that.”
Tickets for the Girls Aloud tour go on sale next Friday with the band kicking off their shows in Dublin.
Breaking their silence on the tour yesterday, Cheryl told Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2: “We want it to be the best, biggest, most amazing show it could possibly be.”
Kimberley then added: “Over the past couple of years we’ve felt this massive outpouring of love towards us, and it’s been tough.
“But we were like, ok, we’re feeling this love, maybe we need to do something.”
Nicola, 38, chipped in, saying: “There’s been a shift, a magical, so we thought lets go.”
Echoing their excitement, Cheryl said: “We’re so fortunate to have the fans and the loyalty is off the scale.
“I’ve never felt anything like it in 21 years!”