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Katie Piper reveals she was told that 'someone like her could never be on TV' as she discusses her career following horrific acid attack


Katie Piper revealed she was rejected by multiple agents who told her she had no future in TV due to her appearance.

The Loose Women star, 40, who now hosts her own ITV weekend breakfast show, was in a horrific acid attack in 2009 that left her with severe facial burns The TV host was lucky to have survived, but there was an agonising road to recovery ahead to rebuild her face and her life – her injuries have required more than 400 operations since that day. She went on to create two further personal documentaries with Channel 4, wrote her autobiography, a series of self-development books, as well as newspaper and magazine columns, plus set up the Katie Piper Foundation, which provides support for burns survivors.

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