Richard Bacon suffered an awkward blunder as he hosted Good Morning Britain on Wednesday.
The 46-year-old TV presenter joined Charlotte Hawkins in the ITV studio to host the breakfast show in lead up to Christmas.
However, as the programme returned from an ad break, Richard was left red-faced as he didn't realise they were back on air.
Richard had been speaking to viewers about his favourite motivational song since the show began and bosses decided to blast it out at various points throughout the programme.
As the Eye of The Tiger played, he was heard asking: "Is this on TV this bit?"
Charlotte, also 46, was clearly amused by his blunder and jokingly asked him if he knew how live TV worked.
"Yes we are live on television to the nation, do you know how this works? We sit here and go live," she told him.
Richard laughed and replied: "It’s just so fun this show, we are just making elements up as we go along. You think this can’t actually be on telly!"
The faux pas comes after Richard that he wasn't aware that GMB won't be on air next week due to the festive break.
ITV bosses have decided to pull the show between Christmas and New Year amid Covid fears.
Richard wrote online: "So I guess that means I won't be presenting Good Morning Britain next week (as planned).
"Shame but makes complete and total sense. Hosting this week. - unless I get Covid between now and Wednesday - although at this rate we'll all have it by then."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV and ITV Hub.
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