ITV star forced to pull out of weekend show at last minute due to ‘unexpected medical procedure’ in presenter shake-up
A TOP ITV presenter has been forced to pull out of her weekend show at the last minute due to an "unexpected medical procedure."
They have been rushed to hospital and have told how they will take some "rest" after the operation.
This means Katie Piper, 40, will not front the Katie Piper's Breakfast Show today.
The Loose Women anchor is a cheery face to welcome in the weekend on the ITV series, which starts at 825am.
She made her reveal in an emotional Instagram Stories post which read: "Back soon.
"Sadly I'm not going to be on my breakfast show this weekend as I've had to have an unexpected medical procedure.
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"All is well and I hope after some rest I will be back in the hot seat next weekend."
The show airs every Saturday and Sunday, with Good Morning Britain's Charlotte Hawkins, 49, acting as a replacement host for today's episode.
She will welcome former EastEnders actress Maisie Smith to the sofa as well as Diamond from the Gladiators and others.
The Sun has gone to ITV for comment.
RAW REVEAL
It comes after Katie candidly admitted how she was told she would "never" have a career in telly.
She suffered a horrific acid attack back in 2009 that left her with severe facial burns.
Katie exclusively told The Sun how it was proving a huge struggle to even bag a representative in the showbiz world after the awful experience.
She told us: "Nobody said: ‘Oh, your appearance is a problem.’ But they told me they couldn’t see anything beyond ‘this’. It was like: ‘It’s terrible what happened to you, but that’s it.’
"It was disheartening. Maybe they genuinely felt that they couldn’t do anything with me and didn’t want to get my hopes up.
"But it was a stark reality of: ‘OK, this isn’t going to be an easy life.’ I know everyone faces rejection, but it was hard.”