In a new article in The Sunday Times titled “Lauren Laverne interview: is the Desert Island Discs host out of her depth?” the presenter said: “I think it’s part of the job.
Lauren Laverne has responded to the torrent of criticism she has received since she replaced Kirsty Young as the host of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in September 2018.
One Twitter user, meanwhile, said: “Laverne’s only contribution to Desert Island Discs is to occasionally say ‘Time for some more music (insert name).
So, really, it puts things into perspective, right?” Laverne’s father had died from kidney disease not long before she took the job.