Richard Madeley told his Good Morning Britain co-star that they "didn't need her anymore" live on air today.
The presenter was joined by Susanna Reid to helm the show today, with Charlotte Hawkins in the hot seat with all the day's news and Laura Tobin back to present her weather segments for the ITV breakfast show this morning.
In a hilarious gaffe, Richard left Laura looking shocked as he remarked to her that her services were not need anymore.
After Laura gave her weather report, Richard remarked on the stunning sunrise he had saw this morning on the way to work.
"I have to say there was an amazing sunrise driving in this morning, it was a really really bright bright bright red. Is that old saying sunrise in morning, shepherds warning true?" he asked his colleague after she revealed the weather's plans for the day.
Laura then replied: "Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning - it's actually true because the sun is rising in the south east and it basically is reflecting off the clouds that are coming in. So if clouds are coming in, it would rain later."
Without missing a beat, Richard added: "Oh great, so we don't need you."
Laura looked shocked by his comment, before jokingly starting to head off the set. "Ok then see you later," she told him.
All three of them laughed as Richard said they "just needed to say the rhyme" rather than get her detailed weather reports, before Susanna went on to thank Laura for her weather report.
Laura has always wanted to be a meteorologist and in her book, she recently revealed she phoned the Met Office at the age of 14 to find out how she could pursue her dream career.
"I’ve been forecasting the weather for over 17 years now, but my love for the subject started much earlier in life – during a particularly memorable geography lesson when I was just 14," she penned in her book, Every Day Ways To Save The Planet.
"My teacher, Mr Hannant, asked all the boys to stand in one straight line and all the girls to stand in another straight line next to the boys, as though we were about to start two conga lines. Then he told us to run across the classroom as quickly as we could.
"We had to push against each other until we got to the other side. When we made it, our lines weren't straight anymore - they were wiggly. And that, he said, was how weather was created. What he had done was create a jet stream in our classroom."
