Lorraine Kelly couldn’t hide her frustration on Wednesday’s edition of Good Morning Britain as the discussion turned to the latest news stories.
The segment saw hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls checking in with Lorraine, 65, who appeared on the show to preview her own ITV programme.
Yet, the agenda swiftly moved to current events, where a particular story struck a nerve with Lorraine, causing her to exclaim: “Don’t get me started!”
The topic at hand was that all lollipop people may be axed across Bristol under city council plans to save money.
Bristol City Council are proposing to “remove funding” from school crossing patrols from April as part of its annual budget as scrapping lollipop patrols would save the council £314,000 a year.
Susanna said that Lorraine was “up in arms” regarding the announcement. Reacting to the news, Lorraine stated: “Lollipop people, what’s going on?”, reports the Daily Record.
Pointing out the essential role they play, Lorraine passionately expressed: “I mean for goodness sake, I know everyone’s got to make cutbacks, but there are some things that are sacred in this country and it’s lollipop people. Apart from the safety thing, it’s just, no! I love crossing over with a lollipop lady, or a lollipop man, I want them to stay!”
This prompted Ed to point out: “It’s supposed to be for children?” to which Lorraine replied: “I know that Ed, I know, but I’m young at heart!”
Continuing the banter, Ed nudged her further on her opinions, asking: “While you’re here, what’s your view on potholes…” to which Lorraine passionately responded: “Potholes are outrageous, you know, listen, don’t get me started! You do not want to get me started!”
To which Ed quipped: “I just got you started!” with Lorraine replying: “You know which buttons to press! But stop this with the lollipop people.”
Elsewhere on Good Morning Britain, host Susanna halted Wednesday’s show to deliver ‘breaking news’.
During the latest instalment of the ITV chat show, Susanna, 54, and co-host Ed announced breaking news, revealing that inflation has dropped to 2.5%.
Susanna said: “So our breaking news this morning is on the economy and the rate at which prices are rising, official figures released in the last few minutes show that the inflation rate fell to 2.5% in December, down from 2.6% in November. So that is better news than city analysts had expected.”
To which Ed, 57, added: “It comes at a time when the pound has plummeted and the cost of government borrowing has soared.”
Good Morning Britain continues on weekdays at 6am on both ITV and ITV X.