Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries' presenting debut has been labelled "car crash TV".
The MP stood in for Piers Morgan on TalkTV yesterday evening, but got off to a shaky start, when she floundered and admitted she had "completely messed that up".
It got worse for Nadine, who was co-presenting with journalist Emily Sheffield, when she got the name wrong of a guest on the show.
Actor James Anderson said he had "stumbled" across the show, and in a scathing review said: "In the two minutes before I switched off, she got her guest's name wrong then claimed the license fee was £36billion (it's 3.8 - and she's a former culture sec)."
He described the former cabinet secretary's debut as "car crash TV".
The Conservative MP was put right on the licence fee by guest Patrick Barwise, who's first name she got wrong.
In a section on the BBC licence fee and Channel 4, Ms Dorries said: "So, Richard, I have to ask you about Channel 4."
The guest then had to interrupt Ms Dorries to tell her his correct name.
Later, she asked: "Do you think we should be proud of programmes like 'My Massive C**k' on Channel 4, did I just say that?"
Mr Barwise responded: "I’m not interested in that question, why is that a relevant question?"
At the start of the programme, it appeared nerves got the better of Ms Dorries.
After Ms Sheffield opened the show, Ms Dorries was supposed to tell viewers about what they could expect on the programme.
However she struggled when speaking about the cabinet reshuffle, stumbling over her words a number of times.
She then said live on air: "Sorry, I completely messed that up."
Ms Dorries suggested she was nervous ahead of the show, tweeting: "Not remotely nervous. Nope."
One person wrote on Twitter on Ms Dorries' presenting role: "It's car crash TV but soooo funny."
Another simply said: "Absolutely dead at nadine dorries trying to be a talk tv presenter."
In an apparently sarcastic dig at her political skills, LBC radio presenter James O'Brien shared a clip from the opening of show, and wrote on Twitter: "Oh boy. I think Nadine Dorries might actually be better at TV presenting than she is at politics."
As the clip went viral, Gary Linekar tweeted: "Not as easy as you think,” alongside a wobbly mouth emoji.
“Ouch ouch ouch. Car crash,” added actor James Purefoy.
“I try to avoid TV these days and I’m not one of the MPs you find running across to the cameras on the green or in and out of TV studios,” Dorries said before taking the job.
“But I’m excited about TalkTV and the opportunity to do this during what could turn out to be one of the most eventful weeks we have ever known in British politics," she added.
