This Morning descended into chaos today as Dermot O'Leary was headbutted and climbed on by a four-year-old boy.
The ITV1 mid-morning show hosts - Dermot and his co-star Alison Hammond - were interviewing four-year-old Teddy Hobbs, who when he was three-years-old become one of the youngest people ever to become a member of MENSA. Teddy - who taught himself to read at the age of two and can count to 100 in six languages - was joined by his mum Beth on the sofa.
They initially began to chat about Teddy's incredible knowledge but soon little Teddy was too busy playing a high five game with Dermot, and quickly he ended up headbutting the presenter and smacking him with his teddy.
During the chat, they spoke about Teddy's love for books and reading, and how he differed from the other kids in his class. Viewers at home loved Alison and Dermot's way of handling the interview, as they praised Teddy and his new friends Alison and Dermot.
One viewer penned: "I think Dermott is enjoying playing #childgenius #ThisMorning," whilst another added: "Dermot letting the child play is far more natural than just making him sit there. Him and Alison are the best #thismorning."
"That was chaos but extremely cute and god he’s clever!! #thismorning," a third shared, with a fourth writing: " #ThisMorning Dermot what a lovely man having the best time today with the 4 year old boy genius."
A fifth penned: "Joyous scenes on #ThisMorning, " as a sixth penned: "Teddy Hobbs This Morning Interview would put a smile on even the most miserable mug. What a fun loving little boy, a totally normal 4 year with an incredible intellectual gift. Great work Momma!"
His 31-year-old mum Beth had previously explained how Teddy was always interested in books, even more so during lockdown. She shared: "He has always been interested in books so we made sure he had plenty around. But, during the lockdown, he started to take a real interest, and by the age of 26 months, he had taught himself to read.
"He then moved onto numbers and was learning times tables. We got him a tablet the following Christmas for him to play games on. But instead, he taught himself to count up to 100 in mandarin."
The child prodigy can already count to 100 in six non-native languages, including Mandarin, Welsh, French, Spanish and German. Experts had revealed that Teddy sat in the 99.5 percentile for IQ, and generally, those who are accepted to MENSA score within the top 2 per cent of the general population in an approved intelligence test.
