TV presenter Laura Whitmore has admitted she was glad the IFTAs were a total shambles – as it allowed her to finally get some negative feedback.
The MTV star and co-host Simon Delaney were the public face of the award ceremony, which was an absolute disaster – with viewers unable to hear half of what they were saying.
But Laura, 29, believes it was the best learning curve for her – as she’s used to people only telling her she’s fabulous.
Happy: Laura was glad to finally get some negative feedback | ITV
She said: “Things go wrong and I think it was good for me because I’ve never had any negativity from my work before. But at the end of the day, it was a live show and I stood there.”
However Laura doesn’t know whether there will be another live IFTAs next year after the shambles.
She said: “They tried it and it didn’t work. I had a good chat with everyone from the IFTAs afterwards; I am not going to put blame on anyone. Hopefully you do it and you learn. I don’t know what will happen next year.”
She added:Â “All I could do was the best with what I was given. It was a strange one. I just felt like me and Simon didn’t have much support in the situation which is a shame.”
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And Laura told Irish Tatler that she “wasn’t comfortable from the start” and wished she was boozing with the rest of the crowd.
She added: “There are a lot of things I wasn’t happy about before we even started, on the night – technical things I didn’t feel safe with.
“You are only as good as the team around you and I know when I work with the I’m A Celebrity team that it’s quite a slick operation.”
