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Laura Whitmore Career Change Leaves Fans ‘Shocked’

Laura Whitmore
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Laura Whitmore has announced a career change, leaving fans ‘shocked’.

The 37-year-old, who usually plies her trade as a TV presenter – most notably on the hit reality show Love Island – will be swapping the screen for the stage, playing a character called Jenny in 2:22 A Ghost Story on the West End.

Alongside an Instagram image of herself in character, she wrote: “News!!! I’m joining the cast of 2:22 A Ghost Story from September 6th! 

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“Come see me on stage making my West End debut in this critically-acclaimed psychological thriller. For a limited run only, Book now!”

A Ghost Story follows new mum Jenny and her baby being haunted by a ‘spectre’ at 2:22am every night in their newly renovated home.

She is set to star in the production along with Busted’s Matt Willis, Tasmin Carroll and Felix Scott in the thriller.

Celebrity friends and fans were quick to react to the announcement, with Denise Van Outen writing: “How exciting! Congratulations.”

Strictly star Oti Mabuse said she was ‘so proud’ of Whitmore, while radio presenter Clara Amfo said the news was ‘fab’.

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Fans were equally as excited by the shock announcement, with one user writing: “Omg omg, I can’t wait for this now!”

Another said: “Wow. Congratulations!”

A third added: “THIS IS EPIC”.

Irish-born Whitmore is no stranger to making big decisions and taking on new challenges, recently announcing she was leaving her BBC Radio 5 Live presenting role after four years on the show.

According to Her.ie, 5 Live’s Heidi Dawson said at the time: “Laura has made the difficult decision to leave her weekend show after a brilliant four years.

“We’d like to thank her for the energy, insight and humour she has brought to this programme and look forward to working with her again in the near future.”

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Written by Cal Gaunt

Cal is a former content editor at IGV who specialised in writing trending and entertainment news. He previously worked as a news reporter at the Lancashire Telegraph and earned an NCTJ in Sports Journalism.