Susanna Reid was left cringing today as her Good Morning Britain co-host Alastair Campbell asked her to feel his "wrinkly apples".
Just minutes into the ITV show today, Alastair said that he needed to voice a complaint about his Ocado shop last night.
The 64-year-old said that he was shocked after receiving a pair of wrinkly apples and, when calling up the store, was told it was essentially a result of Brexit.
After pulling out the two pieces of fruit, he said: "Last night, my Ocado shop arrives. Apples - have a little feel of my apples."
Reaching across the table towards Susanna, she hesitantly took the apple as she said: "Right... OK. It's a little wrinkly."
"It's wrinkly and it's soft and a bit rubbery," Alastair said. "So we checked it out with Ocado and they said basically it's because of a shortage of pickers, shortage of drivers and a shortage of CO2. So all these things we've been talking about, they're affecting our apples as well.
"So this is a Brexit apple, I would argue."
Later, he blasted Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the fuel crisis, warning that he needs to "get a grip".
The former Labour press secretary joined Susanna Reid to host Good Morning Britain today as they addressed the the news that the army could be called in as panic buying of petrol has stripped stations dry in some areas.
Yesterday, a top Tory also demanded Brits stop panic-buying fuel "when they don’t need it" as he insisted "there isn’t a shortage".
Also appearing on the ITV programme were the Mirror's Kevin Maguire and the Mail's Andrew Pierce, who Alastair quizzed about the government's reaction, or lack thereof.
He fumed: "In the fuel crisis that we had to deal with 20 years ago and once it was obvious that that was the crisis and I can remember Tony Blair did nothing else for however long it took to get through it. What is Boris Johnson doing?
"The trouble, I think, is that they love it when it's all going nicely and they can do their little photo calls and he's out yesterday with one of his however many children. They're meant to be running the country and the country's ground to a halt!
Turning to Pierce, Alastair questioned: "I haven't got any influence on them, but surely the Mail can use a bit of its leverage and say, 'Can you get a grip?!'"
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
