Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid was unexpectedly absent from the ITV show just a day after returning from her summer break due to a family emergency.
Although viewers welcomed her back on Monday, they were surprised to see Ranvir Singh filling in for her the following day alongside Ed Balls.
Singh addressed Reid’s absence at the start of the programme and said: “If you're wondering where Susanna is, one of her boys has been taken ill overnight and she needed to stay with him, so we are here for you this morning.”
The broadcaster shares three three sons, Sam, Finn and Jack with her ex-husband Dominic Cotton.
Earlier in the week, Reid expressed her enthusiasm about returning to the morning stalwart: “I love doing my job - the news agenda has been so busy and I have been avidly watching GMB while I have been off.”
Reid also revealed that she spent her summer break in Ibiza with her sons, sharing prior to the first show: “I have been going for 10 years and it was amazing to really enjoy it with my boys now they are old enough to go clubbing.
“We go to the day clubs together and then I go back to the hotel and they go to the nightclubs!”
Despite enjoying her time off, she isn't concerned about setting her alarm to 3.40am once again.
She admitted: “My body clock is so attuned to the early starts that I naturally wake at 3.40am even during the summer. I am able to go back to sleep very easily, but I also find it very easy to get up for work.”
On Reid’s first day back at work in the ITV studio, she weighed in on the controversy surrounding Oasis tickets.
Discussing the skyrocketing prices with contributors Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce, she shared her own experience attempting to secure tickets.
She joined the pre-sale in search of an access code but ultimately gave up after seeing the challenges faced by other fans.
Reflecting on MP Zarah Sultana's suggestion that Ticketmaster should be nationalised, she said: “If Oasis had set four fixed prices, I would have expected that from them.”
She also highlighted the confusion caused by variable pricing, noting, “I'm not even talking about resale prices—just the main tickets. With set levels, you wouldn’t feel panicked about how much you’re paying as you wait in the queue.”
