This Morning's Cat Deeley reveals her REAL name as she's reunited with her old teacher live on air
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Cat Deeley's real name has been revealed
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It came as she reunited with her former teacher
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Cat was delighted to see Mrs Cotterill
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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."
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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.
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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.
Watch the moment Cat Deeley leaves Hollywood superstar Ben Stiller stunned live on This Morning
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 went on to become 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
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Cat met King Charles in 2002
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Cat later hosted So You Think You Can Dance? in the US
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