Experience is Everything: Lorraine Kelly talks to Trinny Woodall

In 2001 Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine burst onto our TV screens on What Not To Wear, reshaping the makeover show genre with their brutally honest opinions. A quarter of a century on and Trinny – now one of the UK’s biggest beauty moguls – is still helping women look and feel their best with her Trinny London skincare and make-up range.

But Trinny, 62, has experienced real highs and lows in her personal life. On the latest episode of Saga’s Experience is Everything podcast, she tells host Lorraine Kelly about all she has overcome to get to a happy and content place in her life.

In an emotional, honest and inspiring interview, Trinny opens up on the gruelling rounds of IVF she endured to have daughter Lyla (“It takes over your whole life”), how she beat her drug addiction and being asked to re-boot What Not To Wear alongside Susannah.

Trigger warning

This episode discusses themes of suicide and pregnancy loss that some people might find upsetting.

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