Richard Madeley appears on Good Morning Britain with fractured wrist
Richard Madeley revealed on Monday's Good Morning Britain that he suffered a double fracture of his wrist after falling on a loose pavement in France.
Susanna Reid introduced the show and acknowledged Madeley's injury, to which he responded with a joke about whether he had a good break.
Madeley quipped, "I'm not discussing the pain threshold. We don't think about pain," when Reid asked if his injury was sore.
This isn't the first time Madeley has discussed falling; in December 2022, he slipped while getting out of his car when presenting live from Whiston Hospital.
On the same episode, Madeley and Reid discussed Greta Thunberg's aid boat being boarded by Israeli forces while travelling to Gaza.
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