Susanna Reid suffers ITV Good Morning Britain 'crisis' as Ed Balls outs 'cover-up job'

Susanna Reid joked there was a 'cover-up job' on Good Morning Britain as Ed Balls outed her mishap live on the show. The pair were back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Wednesday (March 1) and after kicking off with the latest headlines, Ed wasted no time in letting viewers know what was happening just as they went to air.

The former Labour MP-turned-TV host commented: "It's amazing what you can do, in terms of activity in an outfit, and still manage to emerge serene." He then pointed towards a brooch attached to his co-host's smart red dress, before Susanna laughed and asked: "What are you referring to?"

Now forced into explaining all, the 52-year-old presenter went on: "Oh yeah, I had a bit of an outfit, wardrobe crisis this morning. I put an outfit on that seemed to blend into the background, so the director with two minutes to spare said, “Is there anything else in your wardrobe?"

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She added: "So, at two minutes to six, nipped into the wardrobe, found this, didn’t realise it needed a bit more buttoning up," before laughing. Revealing more about what was really going on behind-the-scenes, Ed replied: "I’ve never ever read a news headline from the autocue while simultaneously trying to unzip you from the back!"

"There was a team of eight," he then joked, suggesting a few people were involved in getting Susanna TV-ready. But Susanna was quick to clarify: "There wasn’t a team of eight! A team of one." She then added: "It was a last minute cover-up job!"

Susanna's mishap comes after she spoke to The Sunday Times magazine for an article in which she revealed her daily routine.