WITH the huge switch up on This Morning, Cat Deeley is certainly giving the audience what they want.
From her golden thick locks and stunning complexion, alongside her witty sense of humour, the 47-year-old has slipped into her new role smoothly.
And it’s no wonder television presenting comes naturally to her, as Cat began her career as a co-presenter of the ITV children’s show SMTV Live in 1998.
She soon became a fan favourite, winning a BAFTA Children’s Award for spin-off chart show CD:UK, which she fronted from 1998 to 2005.
Then just 22, viewers have seen Cat go through quite the transformation.
Over the year’s, she has ranked in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women – including a four year streak from 1998 to 2001, three of those years ranking in seventh place.
She was even the awards’ companion issue cover girl in July 1998, which went on to sell 936,000 copies.
Since starting her career, Cat has presented big shows including Fame Academy and Stars in Their Eyes, before hosting the American competition show So You Think You Can Dance.
And now fans have hailed her as “absolutely stunning” with her age-defying looks as she presents This Morning alongside Ben Shephard.
Speaking to Ella & Jo Cosmetics, Cat previously revealed her beauty secrets – and looked back at when things “went a bit wrong” beauty wise.
SKINCARE SECRETS
Cat, who is a beauty ambassador for the brand, revealed a £5 tool which helps after having no sleep.
The mum, who shares two boys with comedian Patrick Kielty, 53, said: “I love an eyelash curler; it’s one of my favourite things.
“It makes me look awake even when I’ve been up half the night with the boys. And some kind of mascara probably.”
She also revealed what her morning and night routine consists of.
First thing, she gets up and drinks a cup of hot water.
Cat adds: “I used to have hot water and lemon but do not do that, folks; it will wreck your teeth.
It makes me look awake even when I’ve been up half the night with the boys. And some kind of mascara probably
Cat Deeley, 47
“I know, I’ve done it for 20 years and I had to go to the dentist and she’s like.
“You’ve taken all the enamel off your teeth, don’t do that, have hot water.”
HAIR DON’TS
And it hasn’t always been plain sailing, as according to Cat she previously had a “terrible” hair do.
She says: “I’ve had a terrible perm.”
Cat also goes on to show how there’s “nothing” she hasn’t done beauty wise, as she once cut her hair really short which ended up looking like a “giant mushroom.”
She also had “red hair, dark hair, blonde hair.”
BROW DISASTER
It’s not just her hair that she has experimented with.
Like many other women in the nineties, Cat’s eyebrows fell victim to beauty trends.
Cat adds that she “had one eyebrow, I then had two very thin eyebrows.”
But now she is finally comfortable with her appearance.
Cat says: “I think you have to kind of go through that to work out what doesn’t work for you and work out what does work for you.
“And sometimes I feel incredibly bored, but this works for me.”
BEAUTY ROUTINE
On beauty products she can’t live without, Cat also revealed it’s the Ella & Jo The Glow Up Enzyme Mask, which costs £34 on Amazon.
And the beauty tip she swears by is cleansing twice a day, using Ella & Jo’s Melt the Day Away Cleansing Balm, which cost £36 from Amazon.
Cat believes it is “essential” especially if she’s been working or has “been to an event, or if I’ve had a full face of makeup.”
Who is Cat Deeley
Catherine Elizabeth “Cat” Deeley was born in the West Midlands on October 23, 1976.
She is best known for being a television presenter, actress, singer and model.
Cat shot into the spotlight in 1998 when she presented the children’s programme SMTV Live, along with Ant and Dec.
Soon after that she hosted Fame Academy on the BBC, and the 2004 Brit Awards.
After this Cat became the presenter of Stars In Their Eyes from 2003 to 2006, taking over from Matthew Kelly.
Since 2006, she has been the host of So You Think You Can Dance in the US.
In 2024, it was revealed that Cat would be the new host of This Morning alongside Ben Shephard.
The duo take over from Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, who both left the ITV morning show in 2023.
Cat also revealed when she feels “most beautiful.”
“It would be, if the sun is starting to set on the beach after spending the day with my boys in the sunshine,” she says.
“I’ve got beachy hair, no makeup on, and my skin feels warm.
“You can smell the sunshine on your skin, and they kind of cuddle into you at the same time.
“That’s when I feel my best.”
Cat, who is mum to Milo, eight, and James, five, has had to juggle motherhood with work for quite some time.
From having to travel to the US and launch a new fragrance oil, Cat has shown she is a hardworking mother.
She says: “But there’s always two people that win my time, Milo and James.”
