Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins has been awkwardly misnamed by Dominic Raab.
On Thursday morning, Charlotte and her co-presenter Alex Beresford interviewed Dominic Raab, First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary for the United Kingdom.
The minister was there to discuss a number of issues surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, including travel restrictions, testing, and vaccinations.
Towards the end of the interview, Charlotte asked the Foreign Secretary about comments made by his fellow cabinet minister Michael Gove which saw him describe those who choose not to receive a Covid-19 vaccine as “selfish”.
Mr Raab answered: “Sophie, the way I’d say it is, look, get the vaccination because it’s in your own interest but also it’s in the interest of your family, your community and your country as a whole. That’s how I’d frame it.”
In response to his referring to her as “Sophie”, Charlotte responded while looking down: “It’s Charlotte, by the way. So…”
The Foreign Secretary quickly said: “Sorry, sorry.”
“That’s okay, I’ll let you off,” responded a cool smiling Charlotte.
Naturally, the awkward moment was not missed by viewers on Twitter
One viewer penned: "Who’s Sophie... #gmb ”.
A different fan of GMB penned: “Who's Sophie? #GMB ”.
Meanwhile, another viewer tweeted: “Omg Dominic raab has just called Charlotte Hawkins by the wrong name. So awkward. #gmb ”.
Elsewhere, in the discussion, Dominic Raab also discussed the decision to scrap isolation rules and mandatory testing for individuals who have received two jabs of a Covid-19 vaccine from August 16.
He said: “Look, there’s been a lot of criticism on the ‘pingdemic’ and all the rest of it. I think what we know with 70% of the country’s adult population vaccinated that we’re now in a good position to take that step forward.
“We’re starting to have combinations of test and trace and the potential for isolation as back-up for people who get the virus or have been in contact with someone with the virus but we can take that further step forward."
He went on: “But this is all underwritten by the success of the vaccine rollout and what we now need to show and demonstrate is to those who haven’t for whatever reason stepped up to have the jab, come and do it, it’s working, you can have confidence in it, it is making your life better, safer, making the lives of your family, friends, colleagues at work better.
“So, hopefully, what you see is not just the raw statistics but a growing confidence that seeps through across the population that actually this is the direction of travel that they can trust and have confidence in and then if they were nervous they can step up and have that vaccination.”
*Good Morning Britain airs on weekday mornings from 6am to 9am on ITV with past episodes on ITV Hub.
