Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard suffered an embarrassing moment in Thursdayβs (30 March) βGood Morning Britainβ, when their attempts at a dance lift proved unsuccessful.
The two were were seemingly trying to recreate Susannaβs βStrictly Come Dancingβ days, with Ben going behind her in a bid to lift her up.
He joked: βWeβre going to do the lift. All my training from universityβ¦ 3, 2, 1, go!β
Sadly for the βGMBβ presenters, this turned out to not be as easy as first thought, and after briefly picking his co-host up off the ground, Ben swiftly fell backwards, bringing a squealing Susanna down on top of him.
As an ever-professional Susanna attempted to bring the episode to a halt and hand over to Lorraine Kelly, Ben remarked: βOh I think Iβve put my back out.β
Perhaps unusually, this isnβt Susannaβs first instance of an early-morning dance lift, as back in November, she and MP-turned-βStrictlyβ-staple Ed Balls attempted one, just days after heβd almost dropped his professional partner, Katya Jones, live on air.
Fortunately, he was a bit more successful when handling Susanna, even managing to give her a twirl in the βGMBβ studio.
Susannaβs lift with Ben brought a light-hearted end to her working week on the topical breakfast show, which has been a pretty heavy one, largely due to the headlines of the past few days.
This week alone, sheβs had to contend with Nigel Farage and Alistair Campbell rowing on the βGMBβ sofa, and Piers Morgan branding parents βabusiveβ for sending their kids to school with a packed lunch from McDonaldβs.
βGood Morning Britainβ airs every weekday on ITV from 6am.