Kay Burley has revealed that she was forced to miss her Sky News show after suffering a horrific allergic reaction.
The broadcaster took to Instagram Story on Thursday to update viewers on her whereabouts after she was notably absent from her usual morning slot, Breakfast with Kay Burley, which airs Monday to Thursday.
The 62-year-old was practically unrecognisable as she shared a photo of her allergic reaction, which saw her trademark fringe pushed off her face to show her swollen and dry looking eyes.
She wrote alongside the close-up shot: “When allergies prevent you from being on the TV.
"Sorry to have missed you all today.”
Making light of her health concern, she posted the image to the tune of Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel. The lyrics include: “Bright eyes, burning like fire // Bright eyes, how can you close and fail? // How can the light that burned so brightly // Suddenly burn so pale?”
Despite sharing the update, Burley didn’t clarify what caused her to have the allergic reaction.
Elsewhere, Burley recently came under fire for remarks she made about the Palestinian ambassador, which Sky News later said “gave a potentially misleading representation” of his views.
A total of 1,537 complaints were made to the media watchdog Ofcom about the Breakfast With Kay Burley programme on October 10, which took place following Hamas launching an attack on Israel.
Days following the remarks, news presenter Anna Jones said on Sky News: “Earlier this month we reported that the Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Dr Husam Zomlot, said in reference to the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 that ‘Israel had it coming’.
“We recognise that this is not what Dr Zomlot had said in an earlier interview.
“Sky News also accepts that this gave a potentially misleading representation of Dr Zomlot’s views.”
At the time, Ofcom said “The complainants alleged Kay Burley misrepresented comments made by the Palestinian ambassador.”
While sharing a clip of Jones on Sky News, Dr Zomlot wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “We thank @SkyNews for correcting the repeated misrepresentation of words I said in an interview with @CNN.
“I call on all UK and international media to be accurate and responsible in their reporting.”
