ITV viewers were left in stitches by Adil Ray as he took a pointed swipe at Lorraine Kelly during Friday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain.
Lorraine, 65, who usually presents her show Monday to Thursday, gave fans a shock as she appeared on GMB to tell Adil and Kate Garraway, 58, what to expect on her instalment of Lorraine.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am to 9am, which is then followed by Lorraine between 9am and 10am.
Usually on Fridays, Christine Lampard, 46, or Ranvir Singh, 47, steps in for the Scottish presenter.
But on GMB, Adil giggled: ‘Lorraine is here after 9… In for Lorraine, in fact.’
‘How are you doing? It’s lovely to see you both?’ she laughed back.
An ITV viewer admitted that had a ‘newfound respect’ for Adil Ray as he took a VERY catty swipe at Lorraine Kelly during Friday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain
Lorraine, 65- who usually presents her show Monday to Thursday – gave fans a shock as she appeared on her own show this Friday
The Scottish host replied to Adil with: ‘How are you doing? It’s lovely to see you both?’
Lorraine was accompanied by her granddaughter Billie live on the show, who was welcomed into the world on 29 August last year.
She said: ‘As you can see, a very special guest with me all morning, baby Billie is here. Hooray!
‘Good to see you little lamb. She’s just the best. The absolute best.
‘She’s nearly a year old. Next month. You’re a year old – we might have to have a party. It’s very, very exciting.’
Many viewers rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their confusion over why Lorraine is presenting on Friday.
‘Adil straight up to her face just said “Lorraine sitting in for Lorraine” I have a newfound respect for him now #lorraine #gmb.’
‘Why is she in on a Friday? #lorraine.’
‘#lorraine oh no thought it was going to be Christine.’
The presenter read a book to her granddaughter live on telly
Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts on Lorraine’s surprise appearance on her show this Friday
‘Lorraine hosting her own show on a Friday.’
‘Sorry I’m confused, it’s a Friday yet #Lorraine is actually hosting her own show???????’
‘Lorraine?!?! ON A FRIDAY.’
It comes after it was revealed back in May that Lorraine and Loose Women have been axed for half the year.
Lorraine’s runtime has been slashed by 30 minutes, as ITV Daytime bosses announced huge cuts today with job losses in excess of 220.
Lorraine Kelly faced the brunt of the cuts with Good Morning Britain now taking her 9-10am slot for 22 weeks of the year.
For the remaining 30 weeks of the year, Lorraine will present five days a week, meaning her Friday stand-in presenters Ranvir Singh and Christine Lampard are no longer needed for the show.
Lorraine’s show has also been slashed in half, now running for just 30 minutes from 9:30am to 10am.
ITV sources told MailOnline that they have decided to cut resources on their daytime schedule so that the network can invest in more drama programmes.
One said: ‘There is a need to cost save but also so that the right money can go to the right shows and with everything getting more expensive these things have to be looked at.’
Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV’s Media and Entertainment Division, explained the changes: ‘Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust as well generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres.
‘These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.’
Lygo added: ‘I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off screen in our Daytime production teams, and we will work with ITV Studios and ITN as they manage these changes to produce the shows differently from next year, and support them through this transition.
‘Daytime has been a core element of ITV’s schedule for over 40 years and these changes will set ITV up to continue to bring viewers award winning news, views and discussion as we enter our eighth decade.’
Earlier this week it was revealed that Lorraine has reportedly signed a major deal with ITV rival Channel 4 for a huge budget travel series after her daytime show was hit by brutal cuts.
A source told the publication: ‘Channel 4 were delighted to have Lorraine on board. It was exciting for Lorraine to do something different and be on location again.
‘Despite the apparent slight in the ITV daytime shake-up, Lorraine’s loyal fanbase isn’t to be underestimated and they will follow her wherever she goes.
The source continued and claimed she is ‘gutted’ over the cuts and is now ‘opening her eyes’ to upcoming options in the industry.
An ITV spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘We have always said that from January 2026, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will be three editorially distinct shows which will be produced by one team.
‘These changes are not about the performance of the shows or the staff who produce them, with Lorraine only last month achieving its highest audience share in four years.
‘We can assure our viewers that their favourite daytime shows will remain familiar to them on screen.’
