Tory MP Nadine Dorries' TV presenting debut turned into a disaster as she stumbled over her lines and called her guest by the wrong name. The former culture secretary stood in for Piers Morgan on his TalkTV show, Uncensored, with the regular host currently on holiday in the USA.
After sarcastically tweeting that she was "not remotely nervous" Dorries, who resigned from the UK Government cabinet last month after Liz Truss became Prime Minister, came unstuck early on in the programme, forcing her to apologise to viewers for "messing up". Get the latest TV news from WalesOnline sent straight to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter.
Dorries' co-host, former Evening Standard editor Emily Sheffield, opened the show and then it was over to the MP to guide viewers through the running order. However she stumbled over her words while reading off the autocue, making it impossible to relay what she was trying to say.
