Original Coverage & Source Attribution: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
The 66-year-old presenter was unable to make it to the studio for her live broadcast and took to Instagram to explain the situation to her followers.
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She said: “Hi everyone. It’s Monday morning and I’ve been stuck in traffic for about an hour and a half trying to get into work.
“I think there’s been a wee accident and I’m hoping that everybody is OK.
“It’s starting to move now, but I don’t think I’m going to make it – I honestly don’t.”
Lorraine checked her watch and confirmed it was unlikely she would arrive in time for the show.
She apologised to viewers, adding: “Sorry I won’t see you today. But I will definitely see you tomorrow.”
In the caption of her Instagram post, she wrote: “I’ve actually had genuine nightmares about not being able to get to my work – today it was true.
“Sadly an accident on M40 shut the motorway and I was stuck for an hour and a half.
“All OK now and hopefully no injuries – but live TV means you can’t be late.
“See you tomorrow – so sorry!”
Christine Lampard stepped in to host the programme in her absence and explained the situation to viewers at the start of the show.
She said: “I am not Lorraine!
“She isn’t here today and that is because she has been stuck in a road closure all morning.”
Lampard later spoke to Lorraine on the phone during the broadcast.
Lorraine said: “For goodness’ sake Christine.
“I was sitting there for an hour and a half.
“The only good thing about all of this is thank goodness nobody was seriously hurt.
“As far as we know it was an accident or a road closure, but we don’t think anybody is injured, which is great news.
“But when you are stuck in traffic there is literally nothing you can do.
“You can’t go forwards, you can’t go backwards, you can’t do anything.
“You just sit there and hope for the best.
“It’s a bit like my worst ever stress dream where you can’t get to work.
“It was like that – but real.”
She promised viewers she would return the following day, joking that she would walk or “trudge” if necessary.
Last Wednesday, we reported that Lorraine was pulled from the ITV schedule due to a power outage in the wider area where the Covent Garden studio is based.
Lorraine filmed herself in the back of a car explaining that the show could not go ahead because of the outage.
She said: “It’s a bit of a shame.
“I was really looking forward to talking to Sharleen Spiteri from (the band) Texas.
“We shall reschedule, and it’ll all be fine, and I will see you tomorrow.
“OK, bye.”
Lorraine has hosted her self-titled morning show since 2010.
