interrupted as she was forced to apologise after a guest swore at the camera.
The presenter, 54, hosted Monday’s instalment (February 24) of the ITV programme alongside Richard Arnold, sharing the day’s top headlines with viewers.
Marking three years since invaded , Richard Gaisford headed Orikhiv to speak to people whose lives have been profoundly changed by the conflict in the country.
He looked over destroyed houses and saw people who now have prosthetic limbs after becoming subjects of drone attacks. Susanna and Richard then spoke to John Sweeney, who has spent the last three years in .
John then recalled bumping into a man who has lost both arms and one leg because of the war. John asked what the man thought of Trump, but he insisted he didn’t want to swear.
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Susanna Reid was forced to apologise after a guest swore on the show (Image: ITV)
John probed the man, who now has two plastic hands on his thoughts on ‘s president .
John said: “The Ukrainian’s have done some technology that the muscles in the stub in his arm can now control this thing.”
Mimicking the gesture the man did, John then stuck one finger up to the camera.
“And he gave Putin the finger,” he said. “It made me cry.”
A surprised Susanna began hesitating as she quipped: “Okay. I understand that you personally felt the power of that. We do have to apologise for that gesture on breakfast television.”
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John held up a middle finger to the camera (Image: ITV)
John swiftly apologised as Susanna added: “It is still considered a highly offensive gesture, John, and of course there are children watching.”
The writer responded: “I’m very sorry, Susanna. I’m an old war reporter and sometimes I forget where I am so I do apologise.”
Accepting the severity of John’s conditions, Susanna said: “We know you’re in the middle of a war-torn country in and sometimes, of course, things are said.”