GMB's Charlotte Hawkins halts show for 'breaking news' announcement
On Friday's episode of Good Morning Britain, Charlotte Hawkins kicked off her news segment with some "breaking news". T
he ITV star informed viewers: "Good morning and starting with some breaking news."
She continued: "The UK's recovery from recession has been stronger than previously thought. The Office of National Statistics has issued revised growth figures for the first quarter and says that GDP rose by 0.7 percent between January and March ant not at six percent as it had originally estimated."
The GMB X account also posted a snippet of Charlotte's announcement on social media, captioning it: "BREAKING NEWS." It then reiterated what Charlotte had said on the show.
Fans quickly took to the comments section on social media, with one saying: "Good - but not great," reports the Mirror. Another chimed in: "That's bigging up a 0.1% difference a bit too much there."
A third commented: "Now none of us trust ONS. That's not right. We know that there's something very dodgy with managers in there. Investigation into them must be launched."
Later in the show, Andi Peters and Charlotte were deep in conversation on the sofa when Kate Garraway interrupted them. The 57 year old presenter excitedly announced that a lucky viewer could win a massive £250,000 if they entered the show's competition.
She then attempted to hand over to Andi, who seemed engrossed in his chat with colleague Charlotte. "Andi is so excited about the prize," Kate exclaimed.
"He's got up early. He's joining us in the studio. He's having a good old gossip with Charlotte Hawkins... ignoring us," before playfully shouting to catch his attention.
"Sorry!" Andi replied apologetically, adding cheekily: "I was just telling Charlotte she looks like she's been tangoed." Charlotte retorted wearing a bright orange dress: "Yeah, thanks for that."
Kate jested back, saying: "We're a couple of highlighter pens this morning, Charlotte and I."
