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Carol Kirkwood Reflects on Divorce and Unconventional Route to Weather Presenting

She recounts compartmentalising grief during her 2008 split, crediting a chance Weather Channel audition for starting her on-screen career.

Overview

  • In a new interview with Woman's Way, the BBC Breakfast meteorologist said she feels sad when relationships end and reflected on her own divorce.
  • She and former husband Jimmy Kirkwood separated in 2008 after roughly 18 years together, a period when she kept a bright on-air persona while crying off camera.
  • Kirkwood praised current husband Steve Randall, whom she married in 2021, describing him as very romantic and very generous.
  • On James Martin's Saturday Morning, she outlined early roles as a BBC production secretary and a training 'stooge presenter' before moving into local cable TV and creating a showreel.
  • She said a Weather Channel audition arose through a chance connection, recalled learning to work with a green screen, and joked she was too old for Blue Peter.