This Morning viewers have been left divided after the show helped one man facilitate a romantic act live on the programme. Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary were back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Tuesday (February 14) with some segments to try get viewers in the Valentine's Day mood.
As they kicked off the show, the hosting duo, who are filling in for Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, revealed that a man called Dan would be proposing to his girlfriend live on air. They then switched from the studio to show the couple in a restaurant that had been fitted out with hidden cameras in order to capture the special moment.
Dan and his partner, Ellen, were enjoying a breakfast date with the latter completely unaware that she was being streamed live on ITV and what was about to happen next.
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Returning to the couple later a short time into the latest edition of the programme, viewers watched as the staff working in the restaurant burst into song and dance, with a waiter performing his rendition of Bruno Mars loved-up track, Marry You.
As the dancers revealed their tops which laid out "Will you marry me?", Dan said: "Since the day I met you, Ellen, you have made me so happy. Every day, you're perfect. I just want to spend the rest of my life with you, which is why I want to ask you to marry me."
Dan then got down on one knee and popped the question, prompting Ellen to excitedly accept his proposal before bursting into tears. Dermot and Josie were quick to congratulate the pair, with Josie getting emotional herself.
"That was beautiful!" to which Dermot added: "Oh we are welling up over here! Ellen and Dan! This is Dermot O'Leary and Josie Gibson from This Morning, you are live on ITV Congratulations!" Josie then continued: "A massive congratulations to you, Ellen, how are you feeling?"
"My goodness, I'm so shocked. I can't stop crying," the unsuspecting bride-to-be said, while wiping tears from her eyes. Josie then replied: "Well we have another surprise for you. How would you like to finish off your date, live in the This Morning studio."
Viewers at home watching the proposal unfold live on This Morning were also left emotional. @missohloola tweeted: "Aww that proposal! That's love that is. #thismorning." @emmabrown81 said: "I thought my pregnancy hormones had settled but I’ve just cried at someone proposing on this morning #ThisMorning." @mrgrandan added: "@thismorning I must be getting old and soft as I just cried at the proposal. #ThisMorning."
But others were divided over the 'cringe' scenes. @HEGATTY68 said: "I didn’t get the most romantic proposal but I’d take that over that cringe fest any day #ThisMorning." @slouisew wrote: "Oh god. A live proposal is a whole new world of awkward #thismorning." @DavidMackayy added: "Never thought it was physically possible for my toes to curl but here we are #thismorning."
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