THIS Morning’s Cat Deeley has stunned fans by revealing her real name live on air.

Cat, 48, made the confession as she was reunited with her old teacher in celebration of Thank A Teacher Day.

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Cat and her co-star Ben Shephard had been hearing children talk about their teachers at a primary school in Surrey when she was given the surprise.

Mrs Cotterill, Cat’s own primary school teacher, suddenly appeared via video link – and she referred to Cat by her real name.

Addressing the star, she said: “Her name is Katie.”

Ben said to Mrs Cotterill: “Because you of course know her as Katie.”

Cat went on to explain that her real name is Catherine, but that she was called Katie when she was growing up.

“Well my real name is Catherine but my grandad always used to call me Katie and my mum and dad and stuff,” she said.

“Unless I was in trouble, then I was sometimes Catherine!”

Cat was delighted to see her former teacher and she was given a glowing report by Mrs Cotterill.

The teacher, who is from Birmingham, said of Cat at school: “She was very enthusiastic, a very kind child. Always wanting to help, always wanting to be involved, just actually, an all round super person.”

Cat grew up in Birmingham and attended Grove Vale Junior School, followed by Dartmouth High School.

When she was 14, she reached the national finals of a modelling competition with BBC programme The Clothes Show.

She was signed by a model agency and it was then that her name was changed to ‘Cat’.

Bosses at the model agency decided it would be easier to give her a nickname when it came to clients rebooking her.

Cat later moved into television, landing a spot on popular kids’ show SMTV: Live alongside Ant and Dec.

She later became one of a few UK stars to crack America after bagging the job of host on So You Think You Can Dance?.

In 2023, Cat was brought in as a guest presenter on This Morning following the departure of Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

Cat – who has two children with her Irish TV star husband Patrick Kielty – was later made the ITV show’s permanent host alongside Ben.

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Cat’s first major TV role came alongside Ant and Dec on SM:TV[/caption]

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Cat later hosted So You Think You Can Dance? in the US[/caption]

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TACLOBAN CITY – Three alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with government troops from the 93rd Infantry Battalion in a hinterland village in Carigara, Leyte, on Tuesday. The encounter occurred at around 7:51 a.m. in a remote area locally known as “Hiraya” in Barangay Cogon, Carigara, near the

A WOMAN, aged in her 60s, has dies in a horror farm accident in Co Kerry.

The fatal incident took place in the small village of Bonane – located 10km from Kenmare – at around 5pm yesterday evening.

The woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Gardai attended the scene of the incident and conducted an examination of the scene.

The Coroner for Kerry has been notified and a file will be prepared for the Coroner’s Court.

In a statement this afternoon, a gardai spokesperson said: “Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of a work-related incident that occurred in Bonane, Kenmare, Co Kerry on Tuesday 17^th June 2025 at approximately 5 pm.

“A woman, aged in her 60s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. An examination of the scene was conducted.

“The Coroner for Kerry has been notified and a file will be prepared for the Coroner’s Court.

“The Health and Safety Authority was notified and are investigating the matter.”

The Irish Sun has contacted the Health and Safety Authority for a statement but did not receive an immediate reply.

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A MUM-OF-FOUR has found herself labelled “vile” and “filthy” after sharing the reality of using an air fryer to cook for her ever-growing family.

Nicole Austin is no stranger to incurring the wrath of online trolls with regular videos documenting her life as a pregnant mum living in a council house.

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But she found herself accused of deliberately rage-baiting people online with her most recent video, in which she showed just what it looks like inside her fryer.

“When I opened my air fryer to cook my children’s dinner today, I simply couldn’t believe my eyes,” Nicole said in her TikTok video.

“There was absolutely no way I could cook their dinner in this air fryer… I can’t even tell you the last time it’s been cleaned.”

She added that with her air fryer and microwave, it’s a case of “out of sight, out of mind”, and when they’re not used often, they get “neglected”.

“I use my oven a lot more than I use my air fryer, so I really didn’t notice it get in this mess,” she sighed.

“Look at all that fat, grease, grime, and chips… ew!”

She then turned her “cook my kids dinner” video into a “clean my air fryer” video instead, as she said: “This was a biohazard.

“I dread to think the deadly diseases my kids would have got if they ate from this air fryer.”

Nicole then showed herself cleaning the fryer, and even used a hoover to suck up all the food remnants.

“I’m getting really good at keeping on top of visible mess, but things that aren’t visible right in front of me, they get forgotten,” she added.

“And unfortunately, that’s what happened to this little old air fryer.”

“Anyone else struggle with cleaning things they don’t frequently use?” she added in the video caption.

But people in the comments section were less than impressed with Nicole’s video, with one writing: “You are vile, there are no excuses for not being clean especially when you have children.

“You should be ashamed of yourself. This nothing other than laziness.

“Vulgar.”

“This is such a fire hazard and just plain disgusting,” another shouted.

“This should be wiped and cleaned after every use,” a third insisted.

“Why would you continue to use it and get to the state it’s in?

“I’m a mum to 4 and never ever would imagine doing this to my kids!!! No excuses!”

“That’s just filth. Those poor kids,” someone else sighed.

“I actually feel sick,” another admitted.

“This isn’t struggling this it’s absolutely disgusting,” someone else agreed.

“All that stuff that was in there can be very dangerous, and that could’ve set on fire.

“As it probably instructs, please clean regularly.”

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ARSENAL have received a major boost after learning of their nightmare opening run for the new Premier League season.

The Gunners will face THREE of the traditional Big Six in their first five games of the upcoming 2025/26 campaign.

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Liverpool will be without Mohamed Salah for the return fixture on January 7[/caption]

The north Londoners will kick off their season away to Manchester United before matches against Leeds United, defending champions Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle United.

Mikel Arteta’s troops will be hoping to strike an early blow to the Merseysiders’ bid to retain the title in their Anfield showdown.

But their chances of doing so will be much higher in the return fixture next January.

That’s because the Reds will be without the services of star man Mohamed Salah.

The Kop club’s Egyptian wizard will miss the match as he’ll be in action at the African Cup of Nations.

Salah’s absence for what could be a title race six-pointer will be music to the ears of the Emirates faithful.

The 33-year-old has been the scourge of the Gunners in recent years, scoring ten goals in his last 17 appearances against them in all competitions.

Arsenal fans were left stunned by the difficult start a Premier League computer has handed the team in what could end up being a make-or-break season for Arteta.

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So much so that several of them, WITHOUT A SHRED OF PROOF, have jokingly claimed the fixtures were “RIGGED“.

On wrote on X: “The league [is] trying to set us up.”

Another said: “Na this league is rigged.”

And another said: “Them fixtures are rigged.”

One remarked: “Nobody can tell me this isn’t rigged.”

Another seemingly frustrated Gooner chimed in: “Rigged.”

KATE Garraway has been hit by a fresh financial blow amid her stressful £800,000 debt battle. 

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 58, was faced with the daunting prospect of paying back the huge sum following husband Derek’s death from covid-related illness early last year.

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Now Kate has revealed she’s been frozen out of her bank accounts after changing her phone. 

Taking to social media to beg the bank for help, she wrote: “Please please get in touch with me.

“I have not been able to access any of my Barclays accounts current or savings since Friday due to changing my phone handset and can’t get through to anyone on customer service – please dm me.”

Luckily Kate’s plea was answered and the bank replied, telling her to send more information via direct message. 

Last month The Sun revealed Kate had received a much-needed financial boost in her struggle to pay back huge debts. 

The cost of caring for Derek during his four-year health nightmare ran into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

At the same time, Derek’s psychotherapy firm Astra Aspera Ltd – which was jointly controlled by Kate – went bust owing hundreds of thousands to creditors, including a huge sum to HMRC.

A new liquidator’s report reveals how Kate has been trying to repay debts as well as a more palatable revised total.

HMRC has submitted a preferential claim of £288,054, a third of its previous submission of £716,822. It’s not known why the HMRC have dramatically dropped their demand.

There are also creditor claims of and £196,548 from four other firms including a £50,000 bank loan.

However, at this stage, there will be no pay out for any creditor after liquidator fees of £32k and 40 per cent of assets have been realised.

So far, Kate has paid back £21,000.

A representative for Kate said: “Kate has met all that the liquidators of Derek’s company have asked for and more over the past four years.

“She doesn’t recognise these figures and is shocked that it’s being presented in this way by them.

“Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own businesses has taken a huge financial toll on her but she’s determined to put things right.”