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Did you know who Cat Deeley was before she joined This Morning?

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youareht · 16/09/2024 17:29

When Cat Deeley became presenter of This Morning earlier this year I had not heard of her before, some of my friends are surprised that I did not know who she was. (We are all in our 40's by the way) I knew who Holly Willoughby was though.

Am I weird in never having heard of her before?

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DillDanding · 16/09/2024 18:12

I knew her from SMTV, which I assumed started when I was a teen. I just looked it up and I was actually 26, yet still watching kids’ TV. 😂

SalmonEile · 16/09/2024 18:11

anyone remember the wedding episode of CHUMS when Mariah Carey was her bridesmaid

ThatMakesSense · 16/09/2024 18:11

Yeah! Hangover TV!!

Beebopwasthebest · 16/09/2024 18:11

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 16/09/2024 17:49

Well yeah, of course! Couldn't have gotten through Saturday morning hangovers without Cat, Ant & Dec on SMTV.

Yep, I was at University and I was very good at "Wonky Donkey" if I do say so myself.

leopardski · 16/09/2024 18:09

I grew up on SMTV. CHUMS is some of her finest work.

lovescats3 · 16/09/2024 18:07

The way she keeps pushing her hair back is annoying too

Cantbelievethatimafoolagain · 16/09/2024 18:07

I'm in my late 20s and I remember her well watching smtv with ant and dec. I'm surprised you don't know who she is

StaunchMomma · 16/09/2024 18:07

She'll always be Cat the Dog to me!

lovescats3 · 16/09/2024 18:06

She's a smug woman who has replaced the previous smug woman on this morning

catmothertes1 · 16/09/2024 18:05

Itsmychristmasdress · 16/09/2024 17:54

Yuk what a horrible thing to day Patrick kielty is lovely. Why the need to mention his Irish Ness what are you actually saying with that comment?

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I was surprised at the "ugly" description.

AnneShirleysNewDress · 16/09/2024 18:05

Yes, SMTV Live and Fame Academy. I vaguely remember a dance show in America too,

catmothertes1 · 16/09/2024 18:03

FloofPaws · 16/09/2024 17:37

Yep! I believe she lived in USA for a long time though ... wasn't she married to Patrick Kielty?

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Still is.

NewSchoolYearRevamp · 16/09/2024 17:55

Tiswa · 16/09/2024 17:54

Yep loved Fairly Odd Parents on it as well

miss Saturday morning tv!

yes fame academy and so you think you can dance which is the programme Pasha/Artem and Janette were on befor strictly

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My favourite was wonky donkey but not sure Cat was part of that.

Chums was always good fun.

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Yuk what a horrible thing to day Patrick kielty is lovely. Why the need to mention his Irish Ness what are you actually saying with that comment?

Tiswa · 16/09/2024 17:54

NewSchoolYearRevamp · 16/09/2024 17:52

Agreed

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Yep loved Fairly Odd Parents on it as well

miss Saturday morning tv!

yes fame academy and so you think you can dance which is the programme Pasha/Artem and Janette were on befor strictly

IMustDoMoreExercise · 16/09/2024 17:52

I wish she would stop saying "for sure" on This Morning.

I don't like her as a presenter. But I suppose that ITV need to sell their fashion items so they need someone who looks good.

SerenityNowInsanityLater · 16/09/2024 17:52

I’m 52. Her name is somewhere in the mothballed ‘90s sector of my brain. I remember moving to the UK in ‘95 and she was kind of everywhere. I thought she was the quintessential British Beauty.

autienotnaughty · 16/09/2024 17:52

I'm in my 40's I loved smtv live.

Don't know much else she's done. She's lived in America for a while doing a dance show.

NewSchoolYearRevamp · 16/09/2024 17:52

Tiswa · 16/09/2024 17:44

Wasn’t SMTV live classic hangover Saturday morning TV though was for me at Uni in the late 1990’s

Agreed

LolaLouise · 16/09/2024 17:51

She presented fame academy too, she was always at the brits and comic relief and stuff like that, game shows like big fact quiz. She was every where in the early 2000's!

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 16/09/2024 17:51

Definitely knew her for all reasons given

GlitchStitch · 16/09/2024 17:49

Yes of course, she was a big name. She used to date Huey from Fun Lovin' Criminals.

She also took over from Matthew Kelly on Stars in their Eyes, and presented So You Think You Can Dance in both UK and USA.

I'm mid 40s and I don't understand how you could have missed her!

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 16/09/2024 17:49

Well yeah, of course! Couldn't have gotten through Saturday morning hangovers without Cat, Ant & Dec on SMTV.

AdoraBell · 16/09/2024 17:49

I’m mid 50’s.

ThatsNotMyTeen · 16/09/2024 17:48

Yes, I’m 51