Doctor Hilary Jones has apologised after being snapped not wearing a face mask in a pharmacy.
The veteran TV medic, famous for his regular appearances on Good Morning Britain, was photographed without a covering in the pharmacy in a picture taken a few months ago.
But, after it was published online, Dr Hilary made an apology on Wednesday's GMB, explaining: "Two months ago, I've done the show here, I've done Lorraine's show, I've gone to St George's Hospital to film what they're doing after the NHS Charities Together.
“They're producing some areas to relax for the staff after a hard day's work with COVID.
“I've done a 10 hour day, I've gone into a chemist in my local village to get an emergency prescription for a patient.
“And because I'm distracted and there's nobody in there, I forgot to put my mask on."
Condemning the person who took the picture and then going to a newspaper with it, Dr Hilary, has warned of a Christmas disaster over the rules on households mixing. who added: "I'm in there for 60 seconds, and in that 60 seconds somebody who could have reminded me to put a mask on politely comes in, takes a photograph and flogs it to the press.
That was two months ago - I am utterly sorry that I forgot to put my mask on, first time in nine months that I've done that. And I put my hands up and we talked about it on air because I think almost everyone's done it."
Dr Hilary's apology comes days after his GMB colleague Piers Morgan was pictured not wearing a face mask in the back of a taxi.
After the offending photo was published in The Sun, Piers tweeted: "I haven't made an excuse, I just explained what happened. I'm guilty as charged.
"For a few seconds, I was a Covidiot & I deserve the full wrath of Twitter hell to now descend on me."
