Richard Madeley reveals grisly injury live on air after horror fall
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Richard Madeley has shared a grisly injury he sustained, after appearing live on Good Morning Britain wearing a cast.
The 69-year-old was hosting the Monday morning edition of the programme alongside Susanna Reid, 54, when she asked him about the cast wrapped around his right wrist.
Richard explained he had a double fracture after taking a tumble while in France last week.
Susanna told Richard he 'better explain' at the start of the early morning programme, adding that the injury 'looked sore'.
Richard replied: 'It's a double fracture of the wrist.
'I was walking quite quickly down a steep pavement in France on Friday, and the pavement was loose and it flipped up and it flipped me forward.
'I thought, am I going to win or is gravity going to win? And gravity won.
'I hit the ground hard, so yeah, I've got a double fracture and we'll see how it goes.'
Susanna then went on to ask her co-host how much the pain of the break was bothering him, to which he replied: 'I'm not discussing the pain threshold, we just don't think about pain.'
Richard went on to bravely front the programme alongside Susanna, as they discussed Greta Thunberg's aid boat being stopped by Israeli forces and anti-immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.
He also went on to interview Jim Moir, also known by his stage name Vic Reeves, who demonstrated his skill at making his bed in eight seconds. Richard congratulated him with 'one hand clapping' due to the wrist injury.
Good Morning Britain viewers took to X to comment on Madeley's injury, with @wrinklytimelord writing: 'Awww Madeley has an owie.'
@topham_cheryl wrote: 'Is Richard channeling his inner Keith lemon this morning with his bandage?'
@AlanCortes echoed: 'Is R.Madeley doing a Keith lemon wrist bandaged.' More Trending
This comes amid huge upheaval at ITV, with Good Morning Britain now set to run from 6am to 9:30am amid cuts to the broadcaster's daytime TV slate.
GMB will now reportedly be produced by ITV News at ITN and include more 'regional news, agenda-setting investigations, exclusives, and analysis of the biggest stories of the day.'
Additionally, with Lorraine set to become a seasonal programme, GMB will fill the slot entirely and run from 6am to 10am.
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Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.
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