Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid made a gesture as co-host Richard Madeley cracked a joke on-air.
On Tuesday's episode (March 28), the hosts were debating whether ITV viewers would be willing to try "mammoth meat" which has been made using DNA from the extinct animal and African elephants in a lab. Richard made a few gags about the subject, but Susanna didn't appear to be amused, reports the Daily Star.
As a clip of the meatball was shown to viewers, Richard said: "That is mammoth meat. That is predominantly extinct meat. What next? Dodo diners, dinosaur dinners?"
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Susanna added: "What that makes me think, if it is just DNA and it's cultivated in a lab, is there anything actually animal about it? What I mean by that is, could a vegan eat it because it didn't involve killing animals?"
Richard then responded: "That's a really good question. We will ask [the people in Amsterdam] who did this. Can you eat a mammoth meatball and remain vegan? It's fascinating."
He then joked: "Or would you grow tusks?" which failed to impress his co-host. Susanna was then captured rolling her eyes before she flashed a smile at the camera.
Viewers took to social media to share their thoughts on the meatball fiasco. One viewer wrote: "Sorry but I could never be so desperate to eat meat that I’d eat genetically created mammoth and elephant meatballs. Revolting #gmb #goodmorningbritain."
A second added: "@GMB @richardm56 @susannareid100 where did they find the DNA for those meatballs sounds like something that would of been growing in my student fridge years ago #gmb #happytuesday"
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