Storm Huntley admits she no longer speaks to former co-star despite landing huge TV gig with his help
TV presenter Storm Huntley has confessed she no longer speaks to her former co-star after getting her big break because of her.
The 37-year-old first became a household name thanks to her role as Matthew Wright‘s co-star on his former Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff.
Matthew hosted his former talk show for 18 years between 2000 and 2018 and hand-picked Storm for the ‘Babe in the Booth’ segment on the show to deal with incoming callers.
The star originally stunned fans when he quit the show in 2018 with Storm going on to remain as co-host on replacement show Jeremy Vine before landing her own self-titled spin-off series last year.
Storm has now admitted that she hasn’t kept in contact with Matthew since his exit from the programme.
When asked in an exclusive interview with The Sun on the set of her live morning show if she was still close friends with Matthew, Storm told us: “No. I mean, I follow him on Twitter. I think he follows me on Twitter.
“I don’t really keep in touch with him but there’s certainly no bad feeling or anything like that.”
“He’s got a baby, I’ve got a baby. I don’t even see my friends that I grew up with regularly. So sometimes it’s just hard to keep in touch.”
Storm went on to add of her working relationship with Matthew: “Matthew gave me the opportunity to get the job that I had.
“I think he had the final say. So I’m incredibly grateful to Matthew for that.”
The star now works closely alongside Jeremy on his replacement programme as well as landing her very own solo show.
Having been a face of morning TV for almost 10 years, Storm was left delighted when asked if she wanted to front her very own programme.
The TV favourite said: “I’ve been on screen for 10 years.
“I’ve been working in the industry for nearly 20. So, I suppose it has been a long time coming, but there’s so many fabulous people in the industry that never get to this stage.
“So, although it might be something that you want to have your own show, I think to have it happen at all is…, I’m very grateful for it.
“I’m sitting here, a very happy woman.”
The star also broke her silence to The Sun on rumours that she was in the running to replace Holly Willoughby on This Morning before Cat Deeley landing the gig.
She admitted there was “no truth” to the rumours and confirmed she had never been approached to be in the running but was left flattered by the suggestion.
Storm said: “I was never approached but it was lovely to read about.
“It is incredibly flattering to be put into the same sort of sphere as your Holly Willoughby’s, Davina McCall was also in there and at Deeley.
Davina McCall and Cat Deeley, I was watching when I was growing up.
“I was aspiring to be like them. So to be brought into the fold with that sort of thing is obviously incredibly flattering.
“But I think that Kat’s a great choice and I love Ben. So I think Kat and Ben are a great choice for this morning and I wish them all the best.”
Elsewhere, the star has admitted that she has her eye on a spot on the Strictly dancefloor as one of her future goals.
Storm Huntley airs every weekday on Channel 5 from 11:15am.
