Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway had to awkwardly correct a government minister today after he thought he was on a different show.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden appeared on GMB opposite Kate to answer questions on the vaccine’s safety after countries suspended its usage.
On whether the UK public should have any hesitation over getting the jab, Mr Dowden today told GMB: "Look at reliable news sources. Look at, go to the BBC.
“Go to GMTV, go to Gov.uk, and if you have concerns, you will see that those are being addressed.
"I think the majority of people, as the Chief Medical Officer said yesterday, are still turning up and taking their vaccine and they should take further confidence from the further analysis that has been taken."
Kate seemed taken aback by his wording and joked: "As I worked on GMTV and Good Morning Britain, I feel like I should say to the Culture Secretary that this is Good Morning Britain - they are actually different shows.
"But it is lovely to know."
Mr Dowden laughed and apologised, saying: “It’s been one of those mornings - the fire alarm has gone off and everything else.
“So forgive me for the slip, I know full well you’re GMB, so apologies.”
Kate added: “We’ve been round a long time - that’s fine - we are GMB and we hopefully always will be.”
GMTV was the breakfast show broadcast on the ITV network from 1993, before coming to an end in 2010.
The fact that the show hasn’t aired for ten years hasn’t stopped some people still referring to ITV’s breakfast show as ‘GMTV’.
Kate Garraway co-presented the show for ten years from the year 2000.
On the show this morning (March 19), Mr Dowden alleviated fears that there might be a safety risk attached to the UK-produced Covid jab.
After a host of European nations paused their rollout of the vaccine due to concerns around blood clots, the EMA concluded there is no overall increase in clotting risk with the vaccine - in fact it is likely to reduce the overall risk of clots.
Many European countries have since announced they will resume using the AstraZeneca jab, with the regulator concluding it was “safe and effective”.
GMB is broadcast every weekday from 6am.
