Lorraine Kelly couldn’t hide her irritation on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain as she tackled the day’s hot topics and headlines.
The episode saw hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls catch up with Lorraine, 65, for a sneak peek at what her ITV show had in store, but they quickly veered into discussing the day’s news stories, prompting Lorraine to exclaim: “Don’t get me started!”
The presenters spoke about the news that all lollipop people may be axed across Bristol under city council plans to save money.
Bristol City Council are proposing to “remove funding” from school crossing patrols from April as part of its annual budget as scrapping lollipop patrols would save the council £314,000 a year.
Susanna joked that Lorraine was “up in arms” over the update to which Lorraine added: “Lollipop people, what’s going on?”, reports the Daily Record.
“I mean for goodness sake, I know everyone’s got to make cutbacks, but there are some things that are sacred in this country and it’s lollipop people. Apart from the safety thing, it’s just, no! I love crossing over with a lollipop lady, or a lollipop man, I want them to stay!”
This prompted Ed to point out: “It’s supposed to be for children?” to which Lorraine replied: “I know that Ed, I know, but I’m young at heart!”
Teasing the Scottish host further, Ed added: “While you’re here, what’s your view on potholes…” to which Lorraine replied: “Potholes are outrageous, you know, listen, don’t get me started! You do not want to get me started!”
To which Ed quipped: “I just got you started!” with Lorraine replying: “You know which buttons to press! But stop this with the lollipop people.”
In another segment of Good Morning Britain, host Susanna interrupted the programme on Wednesday to announce ‘breaking news’.
During the broadcast, 54-year-old Susanna and her fellow presenter Ed shared urgent updates, disclosing that inflation has dropped to 2.5%.
Susanna said: “So our breaking news this morning is on the economy and the rate at which prices are rising, official figures released in the last few minutes show that the inflation rate fell to 2.5% in December, down from 2.6% in November. So that is better news than city analysts had expected.”
To which Ed, 57, added: “It comes at a time when the pound has plummeted and the cost of government borrowing has soared.”
Good Morning Britain continues on weekdays at 6am on both ITV and ITV X.
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