Susanna Reid informed Good Morning Britain viewers that she and co-host Ed Balls were going to 'clear up their act' after he 'swore' on the early morning show. The pair were back fronting the ITV news programme on Wednesday (March 15) when they were preparing to be joined by Richard Arnold.
The show's entertainment editor had his usual celebrity news and gossip to deliver, which included news of Danny Dyer's next TV gig following his EastEnders exit as Mick Carter over Christmas. It has been revealed that the actor will appear in the new BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse! which tells the story of West Midlander and "bridezilla" Zara, whose hen do in a remote cottage in Wales is rudely interrupted by the apocalypse.
And Ed decided that it would be a good time to recall when Danny used a swear word to describe former prime minister David Cameron, asking why he was able to relax in France "with his trotters up" while Britain dealt with the consequences of Brexit. While chatting about Danny's previous comments, the former Labour MP said: "He used a 'T-word," before asking: "Are we allowed to say that this early?"
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Susanna quickly replied: "No, it's on the Ofcom list," referring to the list of words they're unable to use live on air pre-watershed. "So you can't say t**t?" Ed replied, completely ignoring his co-host's warning, leaving her wide eyed. "You know we are on air?" she then replied.
As Richard interjected and said: "You can say 'trotters' though. Susanna went on to say: "That's the 'T' word you meant!" trying to cover for her colleague. But realising he had been a bit naughty, Ed apologised to the show's viewers, saying: "I apologise for that. Apparently, I shouldn't have said that."
He then claimed: "I didn't know," before saying to Susanna: "You should have told me, sorry!" Trying to swiftly move the conversation on, Susanna introduced the latest competition segment after reassuring viewers they were "going to clean up our act."
Later on in the programme, Ed talked about the impact of his stammer on pronouncing certain words. It came after Susanna confessed: "I am nervous about what you are going to say." Ed, who put on a fake voice to suggest he was hurt, then said: "Please be supportive!"
During Tuesday's edition of GMB (March 14), Susanna was supportive of Ed as he addressed his stammer with Ranvir Singh. Susanna started off by saying: "You were diagnosed with a stammer when you were a minister. Which meant that you had dealt with the challenges of having a stammer while you were a child, while you were a young man, all the way into politics.
"And I don't think it would be an understatement to say there were times when you were a politician when you were pilloried for the way that you spoke. It was incredibly unfair, it was very aggressive. And you then went through - I don't know how you describe it? Therapy or treatment?"
"Therapy is the right word," Ed clarified. "I didn't think that you could have therapy if you're a politician, and certainly not admit to it. "But I did when I was a cabinet minister. And actually, all the advice was you have to go and talk about it publicly because that is the thing that will make the difference and that is true, but I don't think I believed that."
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