BBC Breakfast turns tense as Strictly star tells host 'I don't want to talk to you again'

BBC Breakfast: Sally tells Ben he needs to 'get out more' The atmosphere in the BBC Breakfast studio turned frosty as one Strictly Come Dancing star told presenter Ben Thompson: “I don’t know if I want to talk to you again”. Vito Coppola was sitting on the famous red sofa with Ben and co-presenter Sally Nugent on Monday (August 19) to discuss his experience on Celebrity MasterChef under judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. But things turned awkward as he discussed traditional Italian dishes – and how the British ruin them – with Ben.

Ben started things off by quizzing Vito: “We Brits love Italian food, but it’s probably not that authentic sometimes. There’s quite a lot of British crimes against Italian food. So go on, what’s the worst?” Vito replied: “The worst is between the cream in the carbonara and the pineapple on the pizza.

Maybe it’s pineapple on pizza.” But Ben appeared offended as he replied: “I love pineapple on pizza!” BBC Breakfast turned frosty (Image: BBC) Even his co-host Sally was against him as she chimed in: “You don’t!” – and Vito was on it as he said: “No! You eat the pineapple on the pizza? I don’t know if I want to talk to you again.” Ben insisted: “Ham and pineapple pizza? It’s amazing!” But Vito had a rational explanation as he said: “You know why? Because pizza is pizza.

You know what I mean? I don’t put chocolate cream on fish and chips, I don’t do that! So why do we have to put pineapple on th.