Ben Shephard took a swipe at Jools Holland after the famous musician failed to show for a live interview on Good Morning Britain on Thursday.
Tipping Point star Ben and co-host Susanna Reid told viewers that 'Later With....' presenter and music maestro Jools was going to be on the show alongside comedian Vic Reeves, real name Jim Moir, to talk about their popular podcast Jools and Jim's Joyride, which sees them chat to a host of celebrities and share memorable tales from their careers to date.
But while Jim appeared via video call, wearing a very eye-catching shirt, Jools was nowhere to be seen; ironically, right after Ben told those watching at home that he was "very busy" preparing for his big anniversary tour.
Ben continued: "Now, we were very much hoping that Jools and Jim would be with us but Jools has gone missing."
Susanna chimed in: "Well we did say he was busy preparing," as Ben asked Jim: "Where's Jools?! What's going on?"
Jim replied: "Who knows he might have gone off to sea or the circus; we just don't know."
Susanna replied: "Or he might have just over slept? Which is the more likely? Want to give him a quick text?
"'Cos we've got a Zoom invite for him if he wants to accept it."
Ben added: "Take your phone out, text him and say 'Jools we're on air!'"
After Jim said that he was phone was "nowhere near" him, Susanna suggested that they could just make an appeal for him to join them on national television.
Kicking off the interview, Ben couldn't resist getting a dig in at Jools' expense, telling Jim: "Lovely to see you. Thanks for actually bothering to get up to talk to us," to which he replied: "I was doing the school run, you nearly didn't get me."
Ben changed tact at the end of the chat, saying: "We really hope he (Jools) is OK. Maybe somebody could let us know that Jools is OK."
Jim responded: "I think he'll firmly be in the slumber right now," to which Susanna quipped: "We all envy him."
