‘I was really uncomfortable in my skin when I was younger’ — Laura Whitmore on body confidence and exploring the dark side of life

As she gears up to host the Rock Against Homelessness concert, Laura Whitmore chats about valuing privacy, hosting a true crime podcast with her husband and her passion for acting

Laura Whitmore in a top by Ashley Lloyd, ashleylloydint.com; and trousers by Ports 1961, ports1961.com. Photo: Lee Malone

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I love a rom-com,” says Laura Whitmore. Her husband, comedian and presenter Iain Stirling, is less enamoured with the genre. “He won’t watch a rom-com with me. He’ll watch a horror.“ And? “I won’t watch a horror with him,” she admits. “So, we try to have this balance of a true crime.”

This is how their weekly podcast, Murder They Wrote, on BBC Sounds came about in late 2023. “We always said we’d do it until we ever had a fight about it.”