QVC’s Kerstin Lindquist bid a fond farewell to Saturday Morning Q after being a part of the present for almost 11 years.
“It’s all been so so good,” Lindquist mentioned on Saturday, December 28, alongside her cohost Alberti Popaj. “I believe a number of the funniest instances we’ve had have been after we can’t cease laughing the place we’ve needed to stroll off set. The Halloween reveals are at all times my absolute favourite as nicely.”
Lindquist additionally recalled filming the present through the top of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
“I do know it sounds loopy, however a few of my favourite reminiscences have been through the pandemic when there was no one right here,” she shared. “It was simply us. We have been making an attempt to remain on the air for you and the way we may nonetheless be collectively for you as a result of that’s what this present is all about and we did it.”
On December 21, Lindquist introduced she can be leaving QVC after 13 years to focus extra time on household, in addition to religion and wellness in girls’s lives.
Whereas she nonetheless has six extra QVC shifts in January 2025, Lindquist couldn’t assist however share how vital Saturday Morning Q was to her life for greater than a decade.
“All people says this nevertheless it’s at all times the crew and it’s the folks behind it,” she shared with viewers. “You already know what else I’m going to overlook in relation to you? Each Saturday, I received to sit down with you. We received to have nearly like a chat present and we may really feel you guys on the market. … I’m going to overlook that household feeling with our viewers each morning.”
Along with receiving optimistic messages from her mates and fellow QVC hosts Jennifer Coffey and Rachel Boesing through the present, Lindquist additionally obtained excessive reward and compliments from her longtime cohost.
“You’ve gotten the most important coronary heart of any individual that I’ve ever met and I really like you dearly, however greater than something, your religion conjures up me each single day and your skill to at all times convey probably the most power to every little thing that you just do,” Popaj mentioned. “From taking good care of your loved ones to taking good care of the folks right here at work to taking good care of our clients at house. I really like you and I’m really going to overlook you.”
Lindquist embraced Popaj in a hug earlier than wiping away tears and presenting her closing product of the present.
“Thanks guys a lot for being with me for 11 years on this present,” she mentioned when signing off. “Subsequent week, you get a improbable new host and I can’t wait to see you all develop. That is going to be the perfect present in 2025.”
As Lindquist prepares for a brand new chapter of her life, she revealed in a weblog publish that she will probably be engaged on her “StRest” podcast, well being teaching and a guide deal that features a devotional coming in 2025.
“This has not been a straightforward determination however on the similar time it’s been extraordinarily simplistic,” she wrote through her weblog. “I’m leaving as a result of the Lord has proven me it’s time to make use of the presents He has given me to serve girls extra pointedly in religion and wellness.”
Saturday Morning Q airs on QVC Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET.