Christine Bleakley denies Daybreak move was motivated by money

Christine Bleakley has denied that her decision to quit The One Show and move to ITV to front Daybreak was motivated by money.

 

Christine Bleakley has denied that her decision to quit The One Show and move to ITV to front Daybreak was motivated by money. The presenter became the subject of a bidding war between the BBC and ITV during the summer as both broadcasters tried to tempt Bleakley with a contact. In the end though Bleakley made the decision to quit the BBC and join her One Show co-host Adrian Chiles at ITV as part of the Daybreak team – ITV’s replacement for GMTV.

“Once money’s mentioned everything changes. But I can honestly put my hand on my heart and tell you it was nothing to do with money. I come from a very modest background. I don’t come from a wealthy family. My sister worked in a bank, my brother-in-law is a firefighter, my mum’s retired. I worked a long time without getting paid and money never came into it.” – Christine Bleakley in News of the World

Daybreak saw its ratings climb last week for the first time after weeks of steady decline. The figures had fallen to as low as 500,000 viewers but last week the breakfast programme averaged 800,000 viewers across the week.