Sian Welby Biography – Sian Welby Wiki
Sian Welby is an English television presenter and radio host. She is best known for her work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV and Channel 4. She is the main presenter alongside Dermot O’Leary, of the television show This Morning. This marks her departure from her regular role as a presenter on Capital Breakfast.
Born in Nottingham, she later attended Minster School, Southwell. While working part-time in retail, she began her presenting career when she was just 19 years old.
Sian has been seen on This Morning as a showbiz reporter since 2023 before being announced as a new main presenter on the show.
Recently in 2023, some of her most exciting moments on the radio program have included interviewing Hollywood A-listers including Jason Momoa, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Hart.
Back in 2010, Sian was working on Channel 5 News, before going on to present the quiz shows HQ Trivia and Heart’s Triple Play.
From 2017, she was hosting her show on Heart, before she took over the Sunday morning breakfast show on the radio station.
In 2020, she officially became a part of the Capital Breakfast team, originally working with Roman and Sonny Jay, before Chris joined the team.
In 2021, the 37-year-old beat the current Guinness World Record for the most sounds recognized in a minute!
Presenter Welby is an active supporter of several charities including the Sick Children’s Trust and Leonard Cheshire Disability Centre.
Sian Welby This Morning
This Morning welcomed a new presenter to the hosting line-up on Monday, January 22, 2024. Sian Welby was revealed to be the new presenter of the show following the departure of Holly Willoughby.
On social media, she reacted by saying: ‘This news is about me and even I don’t believe it.’
An insider previously said: ‘Sian has many years of presenting experience under her belt, she is very much earmarked as being a star of the future.
‘She has done really well already on This Morning so the bosses thought it was time to give her the reins to the whole show rather than just segments.’
They added to MailOnline that viewers ‘love a new, fresh face on the show so everyone involved in it is excited’.
Her new role on This Morning comes following Holly Willoughby’s departure after nearly 14 years in October 2023. The news was confirmed by the This Morning team on Instagram last week with a caption that read: “Join @dermotoleary and @sianwelby next week on #ThisMorning! Tune in on Monday from 10 am on ITV1, ITVX and STV.”
Sian Welby Age
This morning presenter Sian Welby was born on 3 September 1986. She was born in Nottingham and grew up in the village of Upton.
Sian Welby Husband
Television presenter Sian is not married. She is engaged. In July 2023, she announced the exciting news that she and her boyfriend Jake Beckett had become engaged.
Jake is a creative producer at Heart Breakfast, a role that he has had since February 2023, having worked at Global since 2019.
Sian Welby Engaged
In July 2023, Sian announced the news that she and her boyfriend Jake Beckett had become engaged.
Sharing a post on Instagram, she said that she had initially thought that they were simply going on a boat trip… but Jake had a secret up his sleeve as he was getting ready to propose.
Uploading a photo of herself displaying her new diamond engagement ring while sitting with her partner, she wrote in the caption: ‘On Tuesday I thought we were just going on a boat trip!! 🥹
‘Genuinely didn’t see this coming. For once I am totally speechless. I didn’t think it mattered until he asked me, and then suddenly it meant everything 💙 Love you Jakey x 15.8.23.’
Sian Welby Father/Dad
In 2022, Sian opened up about the fears that she had for her dad Ian after he contracted COVID-19 following his cancer diagnosis.
‘He was so ill, we all thought he was going to die,’ she said about her father, who was 82 years old then. ‘He couldn’t even open his mouth to eat, he went down to six and a half stone.’
In an interview with The Sun, she continued: ‘He went so downhill in such a short amount of time the doctors thought he had advanced dementia and would be bedridden. We had to tell them, “No!” He wasn’t like this at all before!’
Sian also said that her dad could not believe that stars including Emma Bunton and Amanda Holden sent him well-wishes.
Sian Welby Height
The television presenter stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) tall.
Sian Welby Instagram
This Morning presenter Sian Welby’s Instagram handle is @sianwelby.
