A TECHNICAL blunder on This Morning forced Sharon Marshall to call chef Phil live on air.
The ITV show is no stranger to on some occasions.
Viewers had already seen Phil, 64, cooking up a tasty meal in This Morning’s allotment.
Presenters and ran into an unfortunate technical blunder while trying to get an update.
Ben, 46, told the audience: “Phil is cooking up a delicious dish for the whole family and he’s live from The This Morning allotment.”;
“It looks wonderful down there, Philip. We’re trying to connect up his ear – can you hear us, Phil?”;
The technical blunder saw Phil unable to hear Ben as he instead continued preparing the dish he was working.
Cat laughed as she quipped: “He could be just ignoring us”;, while Ben remarked: “Oh, dear.”;
Looking for a solution, Ben asked out loud: “Has anyone got a phone? Someone phone him. Can the cameraman hear us?”;
He added: “So, nobody can hear us at the moment. This is quite fun, we can just watch them and see what they get up to.”;
In the background, soaps expert Sharon Marshall said she was calling Phil on her phone.
After showing a contest for viewers, however, the show was soon back on track.
The presenters managed to successfully connect to Phil in the allotment this time.
Elsewhere, a This Morning star revealedon a bizarre rule amid ITV cuts.
last month to ITV Daytime shows that will impact the likes of, Loose Women and Lorraine.
as part of the shake-up — meaning almost half of the 450 employed on the four flagship shows GMB,,This Morningandwill be let go.
But amid the changes, This Morning have introduced a style change.
The show has long had an unwritten rule in place that meant presenters could not wear a specific item of clothing.
However, show staple said on TikTok: “There’s a new rule, we didn’t used to be allowed to wear jeans, did we?
“But we can wear jeans now. This is amazing news for me.”;
This Morning airs on ITV1 and .
