Ben Shephard caught the attention of his followers when he appeared on their social media feeds in a stripped-down video. The Good Morning Britain star appeared topless in his latest video which he posted to Instagram on Tuesday (December 27) after spending Christmas with his family.
However, the clip, which appeared to show Ben filming himself while wading through the waves in the sea in the Cornish village of Port Isaac, was actually recorded on Christmas Day and it just took him a few days to show the world what he had been up to.
"Ahh I meant to post this the other day only just thawed out!" the 48-year-old penned in the caption alongside the clip in which he spoke to the camera. He added: "Happy Christmas all hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas – ours was bracing and wonderfully boozy!"
The video showed 48-year-old Ben with very little on as he enjoyed a festive dip with his brother and some others who also decided to take the plunge and could be seen in their swimming trunks in the background.
"Christmas Day... Port Issac... on the beach," he said. "My brother in his dragon budgie smugglers," he pointed out as he panned the camera round to show the winter sun shining on the village. "Best way to wake up. Merry Christmas everybody!" Ben shouted as he splashed around.
Lorraine Kelly was among the first to respond to the video, simply writing to her fellow ITV star: "Angel." Highly-acclaimed makeup artist Justine Jenkins laughed and wrote: "Hahaha! I haven’t heard the term budgie smugglers in years!" And former Ex On The Beach star Ashley Cain replied: "Love this uncle Ben."
Meanwhile, fans were quick to swoon over the short clip. @jasebe71 said: "Shame we didn’t get a full length view of you in your smugglers [flame emojis] well done Ben." @donna_e_mac commented: "Wow! Would love to wake up in Port Isaac - and see a squad of budgie smuggler-wearing fellas."
@chrisssieday wrote: "Wow. You are brave!! But looks like fun. Hope you’ve had a great Christmas and all set for the New Year…." @beccahandley76 shared: "A braver soul than I, Mr Shephard!!" @lisajane3530 added: "Omg... Freezing..... Well done you look Lovely..."
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