Good Morning Britain took an awkward turn when Kate Garraway had to apologise to her colleague following an unexpected interruption. During the Thursday (February 13) broadcast of the popular ITV morning programme, Kate and Ed Balls were at the helm, delivering the day’s headline stories.
Former celebrity Angela Rippon joined them to discuss her Let’s Dance project. Kate couldn’t resist mentioning Angela’s legendary high-kick dance routine from Morecambe and Wise, which left viewers in awe. Addressing Angela, Kate remarked: “That launched your dance career but your career was already on the way with journalism.”
Ed chimed in with his own memory: “I saw that at home on that Christmas and it was so amazing. What was it like? It was unusual for a news reader to do something like that.”
Kate Garraway and Ed Balls were back on Thursday’s GMB (Image: ITV)
Angela fondly recalled the experience: “It was wonderful and of course Eric and Ernie were just brilliant to work with and they just made you feel so comfortable with them. They were just a joy to work with and I had a wonderful time with them.”, reports .
Kate pointed out Angela’s evident dancing skills, to which Angela responded: “Well yeah I am quite flexible and like a lot of little girls I was sent to ballet class when I was four/five years old and I loved to dance and I still do and I’m naturally very flexible and it’s stayed with me all my life.”
Kate was quick to shift gears in the conversation, but before she could segue, Ed interjected with a “Before you move on.”
Angela Rippon appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (Image: ITV)
Realising her haste, Kate offered an apologetic “Oh sorry.” Ed seized the moment to highlight Angela’s impressive stint on , particularly noting her agility: “The flexibility of your dancing on Strictly..”
However, Kate wasn’t to be sidelined, confidently chiming in with “Oh no, I was going to come to that, don’t you worry about that. We were all amazed.”
Angela then shared the secret behind her suppleness, recounting advice from her early reporting days: “I just am flexible and when I was a young reporter I remember meeting a wonderful lady and she said ‘you have to remember, your body is like a machine full of millions of moving parts and if you don’t keep those moving they’ll become stiff.”
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Angela doing her high kick on Strictly (Image: BBC)