Lorraine Kelly reveals she’s still considering getting ‘something naughty’ tattooed on her BOTTOM two years on from turning 60

Lorraine Kelly has admitted she nearly got a tattoo on her rear to mark her 60th birthday two years ago.

The chat show host, who turned 61 last November, told Ross King she’s still considering getting ‘something naughty’ inked on her bottom on Wednesday’s episode of Lorraine.

Ross asked her: ‘You don’t have any tattoos or anything to hide? No sleeves or anything?’

Rear of the year: Lorraine Kelly has admitted she nearly got a tattoo on her rear to mark her 60th birthday two years ago

Lorraine replied: ‘No, I haven’t got any tattoos. I was going to for my 60th, I was going to get one on my bottom but I couldn’t decide what – maybe some planets?

‘I don’t know, something naughty because nobody would see it apart from [husband] Steve. I might still get it, why not?’

Ross suggested she have a giant ’60’ inked on her derrière.

When she did turn 60 in 2019, Lorraine rang in the occasion by jetting to Florida to try her hand at astronaut training. 

Cuppa? Lorraine rang in her 60th birthday in unique style as she jetted to Florida to try her hand at astronaut training

The TV legend revealed she had always been ‘obsessed’ with space after her father bought her a telescope and she watched the moon landing aged 10. 

In light of her passion, Lorraine delightedly revealed she flew to the US to try her hand on the ‘ominously named’ Vomit Comet, where she experienced zero gravity and was seen to pour a cup of tea while floating in the air. 

Speaking about how she found her passion for space, she said at the time: ‘It was a childhood dream come true. I watched the moon landings as a 10-year-old and it was absolutely life changing…

‘Here we are 50 years on and I’m going to get to experience a small part of what people like Neil Armstrong experienced. At the age of 60, I’m going back to school, but this is astronaut school.’

At the Kennedy Space Center she met JO Creighton who spent 16 days in space and worked closely with NASA on four space shuttle missions as lead CAPCOM.

Happy days: The TV legend revealed she had always been ‘obsessed’ with space after her father bought her a telescope and she watched the moon landing aged 10

Amazing! Lorraine also travelled to San Francisco for a special zero gravity flight accompanied by her husband Steve Smith

Lorraine also travelled to San Francisco for a special zero gravity flight accompanied by her husband Steve.

The Zero G flight, nicknamed the Vomit Comet, is the closest experience you can get to space on earth. 

The pilot flies level to the horizon at an altitude of 24,000 feet and then begins to pull up, gradually increasing the angle of the aircraft to about 50° to the horizon reaching an altitude of 32,000 feet. 

During this pull-up, those aboard the jet will feel the pull of around 2Gs. The Boeing 727, which took off from San Jose International Airport, repeated the maneuver around 15-20 times and each weightless burst lasts around 20-45 seconds.

Space age! In incredible clips from her experience in the simulator, Lorraine appeared totally awestruck as she floated around in the zero gravity space

Candid: Lorraine revealed she was given advice by British astronaut Tim Peake on what to expect during her space mission

In incredible clips from her experience in the simulator, Lorraine appeared totally awestruck as she floated around in the zero gravity space.    

In her column for The Sun, she detailed: ‘From Nasa we travelled to San Francisco, and the zero gravity experience…

‘I didn’t sleep a wink the night before and was up and ready hours in advance to be taken on board the specially converted plane G-Force One — rather ominously dubbed The Vomit Comet. 

Bouncing off the walls: Lorraine revealed she wore a special NASA suit with a badge given to her by astronaut Tim ahead of her monumental journey, which he revealed has travelled with him 3,000 times around the planet

‘Weightlessness is achieved by flying the plane — like an airliner but with no seats — through a series of parabolic arcs.’

She was then seen in San Francisco, where she poured a cup of tea in the air. 

Lorraine revealed she was given advice by British astronaut Tim Peake on what to expect during her space mission.

Clearly delighted by the experience, Lorraine said: ‘I was like a toddler, I was so excited… It was amazing… very difficult to describe. It’s like being squashed and then you’re free, total freedom.’ 

HOW DOES A ZERO GRAVITY PLANE CREATE WEIGHTLESSNESS?

Zero gravity planes create a weightless experience by flying in parabolic manoeuvres

Zero gravity planes, dubbed ‘vomit comets,’ create a weightless experience by flying in parabolic manoeuvres.

Zero Gravity Corporation uses a modified Boeing 727, G-Force One, controlled by specially trained pilots.

First, the fly level to the horizon at an altitude of 24,000 feet, according to the company.

Then, the pilot pulls up, gradually increasing the angle to about 45° to the horizon.

At this point, the plane reaches an altitude of 32,000 feet.

When the plane is then ‘pushed over,’ riders will enter the zero gravity segment of the parabola, and everything on board will be weightless for 20-30 seconds.

Riders are given a chance to stabilize on the floor during a ‘gentle pull-out,’ and then the manoeuvre is repeated 15 times.

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