suffered a major presenter shakeup moments before going live on air. During Tuesday’s visit (August 20) to the studios, woke up the nation with the biggest news stories hitting the headlines. But fans were surprised by the familiar face who co-hosted the morning show.
Usually the 57-year-old hosts the show with her colleague , but the 68-year-old was noticeably missing. Thankfully, broadcaster Sean Fletcher stepped in for the TV presenter at the last minute. As the show opened, Garraway promptly updated viewers on the situation.
She began: “Good Morning! Now if you were expecting to see Richard Madeley here, I think Richard Madeley was expecting to be here as well! “He’s feeling a bit poorly , so we’ve got lovely Sean, which is fantastic.” The doting mum-of-two asked how late Sean discovered he’d be stepping into Madeley’s shoes. It was at this point that Fletcher recalled his sudden call to action in the early hours of the morning.
He confessed: “So we wish Richard all the best, I get up in the morning and I log into the running order at home. “I see my initial by all the stories that you would already have. Then I saw my initial on every other story.
I thought there’s a mistake, there’s a typo!” The realisation soon dawned on Sean after he took a closer look at the schedule and noticed a slew of missed calls from his colleagues. Sean joked: “Suddenly, I realised I had seven missed calls and I realised that something was up.” Despite the sudden .