I worked with Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC – she showed her true colours at work drinks when the cameras stopped rolling

A colleague of BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg shared her own account of what the star is really like when the cameras are off.

He has been presenting his own Sunday morning politics show since 2022, replacing Andrew Marr in the role.

Laura, 49, moved from ITV to the BBC in 2014, where she became chief correspondent for Newsnight.

The journalist later made history by becoming the first woman to hold the title of Political Editor at the BBC.

Despite her super successful career, she has always kept her personal life very private.

Laura’s colleagues opened up about it, with the BBC’s Katy Searle telling The Times: ‘She’s really great fun and a really funny person.

Despite her super successful career, she’s always kept her personal life very private

‘If you drink with Laura after a night out [at work]You’ll have the best time.’

She also told the publication how the couple will enjoy wine-filled evenings at an Irish pub in Brussels.

Meanwhile the BBC political editor added: ‘Laura loves gossip […] but even when talking about politicians he does not express partisan views.’

They added that he was ‘always on’ and ‘never lets up’ [professionalism] ‘sliding’, applying ‘a coating that few people can penetrate’.

Last year Laura revealed how she was rejected for an interview with Boris Johnson in an embarrassing blunder.

The highly anticipated sit-down meeting between the former prime minister and the broadcaster was due to be broadcast on BBC One at 7.30pm in October.

The TV chat would be Mr Johnson’s first major interview about his time at No10 since leaving the post two years ago.

He was expected to face questions about his overall response to Partygate and the Covid pandemic, as well as the groping scandal surrounding his former minister Chris Pincher.

However, the company confirmed that the program was canceled following a mistake made by its former political editor.

Meanwhile the BBC political editor added: ‘Laura loves gossip […] but even when talking about politicians, he does not express partisan views.

Kuenssberg told his followers on X that he had mistakenly sent Mr Johnson briefing notes intended for his team.

He described the mistake as ’embarrassing and disappointing’ and pulled the plug after BBC bosses described the situation as ‘untenable’.

Kuenssberg wrote: ‘As I was preparing to interview Boris Johnson tomorrow, I accidentally sent him our briefing notes in a message to my team.

‘This clearly means it is not right for the interview to continue. This is so frustrating and there’s no point in pretending it’s anything other than embarrassing and disappointing as there are so many important questions to ask.

‘But faces of red aside, honesty is the best policy. See you on Sunday.’

Referring to Kuenssberg’s statement, a BBC spokesman added: ‘There will be no interview with Boris Johnson tomorrow.

‘As Laura explained, interview briefing notes for colleagues had been shared with her by mistake.

‘This makes an interview tomorrow untenable. In the circumstances, both the BBC and Mr Johnson’s team agree that this is the best way forward.’