Chancellor Rishi Sunak attempted to end his Good Morning Britain interview early - before staying to back Boris Johnson.
The Conservative MP appeared on the ITV breakfast show this morning, where he spoke about the new grant he announced yesterday, which will see Brits receive a £400 discount towards their energy bills, doubled from the £200 announced before.
The measures will be funded by a 25% windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas giants - a major U-turn by ministers - as Mr Sunak explained how the companies were making "extraordinary profits" due to the surging global gas prices.
During his chat on ITV's Good Morning Britain today, he was quizzed about the new measures - as Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard admitted some of their viewers were a little bit suspicious at the timing of the announcement.
It came just one day after the Sue Gray report dropped into the Partygate scandal, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson making a statement to the house after its publication.
As he finished speaking about the windfall tax and help for people amid the cost of living crisis, he concluded his comments before adding to Ben and Kate: "Thank you very much for having me."
However, Ben stopped him - and said whilst they were happy to have him on the show, they wanted to put a question to him about the Prime Minister and his leadership after a guest yesterday said she had no confidence in Mr Johnson.
Defending the Prime Minister, Mr Sunak said: "I'm sorry Louise feels like that and I know the Prime Minister is deeply sorry for what happened and has taken full responsibility for it. As he said recently, he has learned the lessons from the events that have happened and made changes to the way Downing Street is run.
"He's double downed on his resolve to deliver for the British people."
Mr Sunak went on to add that he fully backs Mr Johnson, sharing: "He has my absolute full support. I fully support the Prime Minister, he's right to apologise, he's right to take full responsibility. He's right to have made the changes he's had.
"I see him every day, he's enormously committed to delivering to the British people."
