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Kate Garraway snubbed by Good Morning Britain guest in awkward moment

Oh, she does make us laugh!

Poor old Kate Garraway.

Speaking on Monday’s show, the Good Morning presenter spoke of her disappointed at being ignored by a male model, who appeared on air as a guest.

As Gwilym Pugh walked onto the set, he reached over to shake Susanna’s hand. Eagle-eyed viewers noticed a disappointed Kate reach out too, but he didn’t see her so didn’t respond.

Here’s the moment Kate reached across the desk and got blanked (Credit: ITV)

Speaking to co-host Susanna Reid and entertainment editor Richard Arnold after the interview, Kate said: “I went to shake his hand, you didn’t see because your back was to me.

“He shook your hands with enthusiasm and he left me hanging.”

Susanna said sorry, and then added: “I don’t know why I’m apologising. Back in the day he would have shook your hand!”

They showed before and afters of the male model (Credit: ITV)

Kate agreed, joking: “He probably had bigger fish to fry.”

Obviously it was all a bit of fun and to be fair to Gwilym, he genuinely didn’t see Kate’s hand.

The Instagram star and model was on the ITV show to talk about his transformation from an overweight insurance salesman to a svelte male model.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Be3aE3_Bboj/?hl=en&taken-by=gwilymcpugh

Gwilym, who now has 241,000 followers on Instagram, is a hugely successful model and has even appeared on the cover of GQ.

He recently posted a photo alongside David Beckham, who he told the presenters is “a work acquaintance”, as he’s the ambassador for his grooming brand.

Kate was still nice to him, even though he missed her handshake (Credit: ITV)

The model explained to the presenters that the reaction to his transformation has been “amazing”.

He said: “I’ve had loads of messages of encouragement and people saying they’ve been inspired to both start making a change – not just physically but where they are in happiness.”

He added that he was “100%” still him, but he is now “a lot happier and more confident”.

The faux pas came after Good Morning Britain’s weather person Laura Tobin returned to the ITV studio today to introduce her adorable new daughter to her colleagues.

Read more: GMB’s Laura Tobin appears on air with adorable baby daughter

She said: “We’re good and enjoying it but I mean, no one tells you how hard it is to be a parent. It’s really difficult. But we are lucky she basically sleeps through the night – but she doesn’t sleep in the day that much.”

Aww! (Credit: ITV)

Laura welcomed Charlotte with husband Dean Brown much earlier than expected last summer, as their little girl was three months premature.

Speaking about the shock arrival, Laura recalled: “I came into work and thought I didn’t feel well, I felt a little bit achy, tired and hot so make-up called Dr Hillary and he said, ‘I think baby wants to come today’.”

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Nancy Brown
Associate Editor