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Channel 4's Sunday Brunch host in very awkward blunder as he forgets star's name and hosting a show with her

Channel 4's Sunday Brunch host in very awkward blunder as he forgets star's name and hosting a show with her

The Sun04-05-2025

SUNDAY Brunch host Tim Lovejoy suffered a very awkward blunder as he forgot a star's name - and that he'd hosted a show with her.
The Channel 4 show airs weekly from 10am and features celebrity guests and chefs.
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This week's show saw actress Kellie Shirley join Tim and his co-host Simon Rimmer in the studio.
Kellie is best known for her role in Casualty as psych liaison nurse Sophia Peters, but she's done a lot of presenting.
Back in 2009, she co-hosted Something For The Weekend on BBC Two with Tim while regular host Amanda Hamilton was on maternity leave.
But in awkward scenes, Tim appeared to completely forget this as he chatted to Kellie on Sunday Brunch.
And to make matters worse, he also got her name wrong as he introduced her.
Tim said: "We are now joined by Kellie Kay, this is your seventh time on the show."
Ever the professional, Kellie didn't correct him and simply replied: "Thank you".
During the chat, Tim said: "You probably did Something For The Weekend, didn't you?"
A perplexed Kellie, replied: "I did, we presented it together."
Tim looked astonished as he said: "Did we?" while Simon let out a telling "oooh" beside him.
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Trying to rectify things, Tim said: "And Soccer AM, you were on that a lot as well" which Kellie agreed, adding it was 20 years ago.
Always ready to mock his co-star, Simon then said: "At least you remember that Tim, hey."
Trying to defend himself, Tim replied: "That was a long time ago."
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Sunday Brunch airs Sundays from 10am on Channel 4.

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