Gossip Queen: Better weather on the horizon for Lauren Phillips after shocking year
Following the axing last month of her long-running TV show, and a horror year, Lauren Phillips quietly emerged last week to present the weather on Weekend Today. And it could be a role we may see her in again.
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After a “total s--t show” of a year in which she endured a shock marriage breakdown, two surgeries and the cancellation of her long-running TV show, things could finally be starting to look up for Lauren Phillips.
Following the axing last month of WB Kids, which she hosted for nine years, Phillips quietly emerged last week to present the weather on Weekend Today.
Her appearance on the show was unheralded, but she was engaging and entertaining. If it was a tryout for a permanent role on the program next year, it was good and it would not be a surprise to see her back in the weather role again before the end of the year.
Phillips deserves some luck after describing 2019 in a recent social media post as a year when “not everything has gone my way”.
The girl-about-town separated from her husband, Lachlan Spark, in December 2018 a mere year after their glamorous wedding. She has endured two surgeries to rebuild her hip, which had never mended properly after an injury years earlier.
Then came the axing of WB Kids. “I’ve had a rough week,” she posted after the show’s end was confirmed.
Phillips summed the underwhelming 2019 up in a recent social media post: “Whilst not everything has gone my way this year — to be honest it’s been
a total sh-t show — throughout it all, I have been constantly reminded that I really do have the best friends, family and colleagues in the world.”