Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins had to step in and correct Chris Packham during an interview after he repeatedly called her by her colleague Susanna Reid's name.
The 49-year-old had to step in when the Springwatch presenter, 63, repeatedly mistook her for her co-worker during Monday’s show.
The BBC star joined the show via video link to discuss the jailing of five Just Stop Oil activists last week when Hawkins initially let the mistake slide, but the conversation took an awkward turn when Packham repeated the error.
Expressing his disagreement with the jail sentences, he began: "I am not happy at all, no, Susanna, simply because they're unduly punitive.
“We see people who are committing violent crimes, we see people committing sexual offences, getting less time than these protesters.”
He added: “So I think we just need to keep things in perspective, and one other thing I need to be very clear about is the laws that punish these protesters are not specific to climate activism.
“They could be implemented at any time to persecute and prosecute people who want to complain about gender rights, trans rights, the right to strike, it could be anything.
“So we have a broader concern about the way the judiciary is acting and the way that these laws are being implemented.”
Packham then later accused the media of failing to highlight a particular protest that he participated in on the streets of London to highlight concerns for biodiversity loss.
He said: “A few weeks ago, two more Just Stop Oil protesters threw some cornstarch over Stonehenge. It was all over the media.
“Everyone focused upon that and was condemning that protest because it's a national monument, which we love and treasure.
“The following Saturday, I and others put 100,000 people on the streets of London in the largest march before our election to highlight our concerns for biodiversity loss. It was covered by none of the media.”
Following his statement, Hawkins defended the media's coverage of the protests. She responded: "Well sorry Chris... I just want to say you know, we do a lot here to talk about climate change.
"Laura, our weather presenter has been talking about the fact that it's a climate emergency today. She's got a clock ticking and is counting down on her desk right now showing people very visibly about that. So you know, we do kind of cover those things as well. But I think in this particular one..."
"Susanna, you do," Chris interjected, to which Charlotte promptly corrected: "It is Charlotte, by the way."
