Susanna Reid is said to have stormed off the Good Morning Britain set this week following a string of bust-ups with the show’s production team.
The broadcaster, 52, allegedly ‘made her feelings very clear’ as she reportedly ‘angrily shouted’ at production staff after they made a series of errors.
Spelling mistakes, wrong dates and graphic mis-designs have all slipped through during live broadcasts of the show in recent weeks, leaving the host allegedly embarrassed.
Among the errors was one incident in which News Correspondent Ben Chapman’s name was spelt incorrectly during his live broadcast from Romania.
As Ranvir Singh presented the segment, she introduced Ben for his section – with his name appearing on the screen as ‘Ben Champan’.
‘She made her feelings very clear’: Susanna Reid, 52, reportedly stormed off of the Good Morning Britain set after making her feelings clear over a string of embarrassing errors
Another incident saw GMB air a segment paying tribute to the death of Lisa Marie Presley, with the word ‘remembering’ also spelt wrong on screen, as the graphic read: ‘Remebering’.
And that wasn’t all, as the wrong date was shown while Susanna was presenting the show one morning.
A source allegedly told The Sun: ‘She [Susanna] made her feelings very clear, angrily shouting that the mistakes made her and the whole show look stupid — as she stormed off camera and confronted production staff.
‘Susanna is totally professional and just wants high standards — as Piers [Morgan] or any other presenter would have done. The last thing anyone wants is her walking away in anger,’ they added.
The broadcaster previously hosted the show alongside Piers Morgan, before his departure in 2021.
And since then, she has been joined by a collection of co-hosts – including Richard Madeley and Robert Rinder.
Susanna doesn’t appear to be the only one aggravated by the gaffes, as some viewers took to Twitter during the live morning shows to call out GMB on their mistakes.
Calling out a poster they had made for rugby player Levi Simeon Davis, who went missing in October 2022, many noticed that the graphic appeared to say the wrong year.
Oops: Among the errors was one incident in which News Correspondent Ben Chapman’s name was spelt incorrectly during his live broadcast from Romania
Blunder: While another incident saw GMB air a segment paying tribute to a celebrity death, with the word ‘remembering’ also spelt wrong on screen, as the graphic read: ‘Remebering’
Getting noticed: Susanna doesn’t appear to be the only one aggravated by the gaffes, as some viewers took to Twitter during the live morning shows to call out GMB on their mistakes
‘@gmb your poster for missing Levi has wrong date on it – says October 2023,’ wrote on viewer.
While another advised: ‘Your poster shown on this morning’s news for the missing male is wrong check the date it’s showing October 2023 #GMB.’
Good Morning Britain got into some hot water last week too, but this time it was a verbal error from presenter Richard – rather than a typo.
The presenter was left apologising for misgendering Sam Smith, who goes by they/them pronouns.
Richard had been debating whether or not Sam’s latest music video for I’m Not Here To Make Friends is over-sexualised when the slip-up happened – where he accidentally referred to them as ‘he’.
Here To Make Friends is over-sexualised when the slip-up happened – where he accidentally referred to them as ‘he’.
Co-host Susanna was quick to correct his mistake – with Richard then apologising.
And while a panel was discussing the video, Richard told guest Shivani Dave they ‘had a point’ and they informed him that they too use they/them pronouns.
Richard apologised a second time and said: ‘I am so sorry. I will learn to do that.’
Shivani later tweeted: ‘Been getting messages from people worried about Richard Madley misgendering me on @GMB
‘I corrected him, he apologised and took it on board. A masterclass on how to do things if you mess up, we shared a thumbs up and I told him his hair looks great.’
Sorry: Good Morning Britain got into some hot water last week too as presenter Richard Madeley was left apologising for misgendering Sam Smith , who goes by they/them pronouns
Incorrrect: Richard had been debating whether or not Sam’s latest music video for I’m Not Here To Make Friends is over-sexualis ed when the slip-up happened – where he accidentally referred to them as ‘he’
Having grown up in Croydon and studied broadcast journalism, Susanna had her big break presenting on BBC Breakfast from 2003 to 2014, with the late Bill Turnbull, before moving to Good Morning Britain in 2014.
There she famously had the unenviable task of trying to get a word in edgeways alongside Piers Morgan, until he left abruptly in March 2021 following comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex.
There’s been no permanent male anchor since, rather a revolving cast including Richard Madeley, Martin Lewis, Ed Balls and Rob Rinder.
Susanna’s on-air spats
While Susanna is often praised for keeping her composure during live broadcasts, there have been incidents that she’s let her emotions slip in the past.
Earlier in the week, Susanna launched a blistering attack on former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
The presenter asked him if his affair with aide Gina Coladangelo in fact broke the law and continued to quiz him on the lockdown laws at the time as he attempted to change the subject.
She was praised by viewers who took to Twitter to brand the interview a ‘masterclass’ for any aspiring political journalists.
In November, Susanna launched a withering attack on a Just Stop Oil spokesperson this morning after the group halted traffic on the M25 again by climbing gantries on multiple junctions.
When the group’s spokesperson claimed the media weren’t reporting on events effectively, Susanna launched into an impassioned rant, telling him: ‘You don’t have any idea what this programme does… And you have the audacity to come on here and say we are completely distracted and we’re not talking about the issues?
‘We’re talking about them every single morning, son.’
In 2021, Susanna was left unimpressed when her co-host at the time Alastair Campbell told her to ‘feel his wrinkly apples’ during an impassioned rant about a low-quality Ocado delivery.
Susanna looked unamused as the former Labour press strategist ranted about the condition of his fruit, which the grocery company attributed to a shortage of pickers, lorry drivers and CO2.
The presenter was also famed for her amusing clashes with former co-host Piers Morgan, with the pair famously not seeing eye to eye on numerous occasions.
Bizarre: While Susanna is often praised for keeping her composure during live broadcasts, there have been incidents that she’s let her emotions slip in the past.