Country singer LeAnn Rimes was left less than impressed during a live segment on ITV's This Morning, confessing: "I don't think I can do this." Presenters Rochelle Humes and Joel Dommett invited the 'How Do I Live' singer to participate in her 'Rimes Rates' series, where she tries traditional foods from the countries she tours. The menu included a "very dry" Scotch egg, a mug of Bovril, a Tunnock's teacake, and pork scratchings.
The segment didn't start well as Joel had to provide LeAnn with a glass of water when she choked on the dry egg. However, it was the Bovril that really tested her, causing her to gag and repeat: "I don't think I can do this," after sniffing the liquid. After finally taking a sip, she commented: "It's like watered down beef," before quickly setting the mug aside.
The pork scratchings also failed to win her over, earning a lowly one out of 10 rating. Eventually, she pleaded: "Give me a chip or something sweet!" and was presented with a teacake, which Rochelle described as a "Scottish classic". Joel quipped: "There's nothing that complements a cup of Bovril more," reports the Mirror .
LeAnn responded: "Yeah, we got pork, and egg, beef and then some sweets...
Mmm. I'm gonna give this a seven." She confessed she enjoyed the "cookie bit in the bottom" and praised the hosts for "finishing off strong".
Rochelle concluded by saying: "I think we've blown our first time meeting LeAnn Rimes." She added a caveat: "We should point out, you wouldn't normally do it i.