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Ranvir Singh left in floods of tears in a park after being axed from previous job at ITV
RANVIR Singh has recalled a low point in her career when she broke down in tears in a park after being let go from a job at ITV - and explained how she turned it all around through "risilience and determination" as a single mother.
The Good Morning Britain presenter opened up about being axed from a previous role just months after relocating to London with her son Tushaan.
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The 45-year-old star said she had a safe job at the BBC in Manchester but she packed it all in in 2012 for an exciting opportunity at rival ITV.
However, when Ranvir expressed an interest to move up in her role she was told she was not part of their future plan.
Speaking on the Sliding Doors podcast, she told host Jennie Becker: "I had a very secure job with BBC job with a pension and everything.
"I got headhunted to go to ITV. So I give up this whole secure life at the BBC and my friends and my life in Manchester to move to London, essentially, for a contract.
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"It was a two-year contract. But I always remember being in the newsroom at the BBC and looking up at the little television and thinking, 'I want to know what it's like to be there (on a national)."
"I'm there, 15 months into the job. The programme gets a whole rebrand and I'm not a part of their plans.
"I found out at 10 o'clock in the morning and by 10.30 am and email had gone out."
The TV favourite said a phone call from a respected newsreader gave her boost she needed to shake off her tears.
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"There's me crying in a park with my little son and My phone rings and it's John Stapleton - a long-term GMTV presenter," Ranvir added.
"He told me not to complain, carry on turning up and to do my job."
Ranvir almost suffered another knock back when, after emailing the editor of ITV News Geoff Hill, he replied cheekily saying her broadcasting career had "plateaued".
Instead of giving up, she told him her career as a newsreader was only going in one direction, and that was up.
He offered her a presenting slot on Saturdays and within weeks she was presenting on Sundays.
Within two months Ranvir had been promoted to presenting the News at Ten on Fridays.
The TV star joined the BBC's North West Tonight show as a journalist iin 2005 as a bulletin presenter, but by 2011 was the co-host.
She joined Daybreak from 2012–2014, and later became a features correspondent and news presenter on Good Morning Britain.
In 2016 and 2017, the journalist co-presented The Martin Lewis Money Show alongside the money man himself, Martin Lewis.
She took part on Strictly Come Dancing two years ago and has presented Real Stories with Ranvir Singh.
In 2020, the star became a regular guest presenter on Loose Women and she now fills in for Lorraine Kelly on her ITV show Lorraine.
Ranvir added: "I thought my career wasn't going to plan but then through resilience and determination as a single mother, new opportunities presented themselves at ITV.
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"My point was not to give up in the face of adversity. I'm so fortunate to be presenting at ITV on GMB and Lorraine and never take any of it for granted."
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