Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has announced that he and co-star Susanna Reid will be taking a break from presenting the ITV breakfast show.
The presenting duo were back on our screens this morning to present the first edition of Good Morning Britain of the week.
Piers later informed ITV viewers during Monday’s episode that the pair will be taking some time away from the show after Wednesday’s episode.
The outspoken presenter confirmed the news while giving an update on Kate Garraway’s husband Derek Draper’s health as he remains in hospital following a battle with coronavirus.
Piers told ITV viewers: “A few papers doing coverage on our colleague and friend Kate Garraway today and the situation involving her husband Derek.
Piers Morgan has revealed that he and Susanna Reid are taking a break from hosting Good Morning Britain
“And it’s probably not quite as positive a story as the papers perhaps believe and so we’ve got a little clarification from Kate’s representatives.”
It read: “These headlines make some level of optimism that might not yet be justified. We hope, as does Kate, that there will be more evidence of a recovery.
“But it will be a very slow and uncertain path.”
Piers continued to say that viewers would be able to hear more from Kate when she joined them later on Wednesday.
The presenting duo begin their summer holiday next week (Image: ITV)
He explained: “We’re going to talk to Kate on Wednesday before we go off for the summer.
“She’s going to have something more to say about this but it’s certainly premature at the moment to think that Derek isn’t in any way out of the woods, sadly, on this and he remains in a very serious critical condition.”
Susanna, 49, added: “And we send them our very, very best, obviously.”
Kate, 53, asked Piers and Susanna to issue clarification on her husband’s health on Monday after it was revealed at the weekend that he had come out of his induced coma.
Piers and Susanna have worked together for the past five years (Image: Getty Images)
Piers and Susanna have presented Good Morning Britain together for the last five years.
Piers guest-hosted five episodes of Good Morning Britain on ITV in April 2015 and he became a permanent co-host in November the same year appearing alongside Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins.
Susanna was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2003 until 2014, along with Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt before swapping channels to present Good Morning Britain on ITV.
She has been a co-anchor of Good Morning Britain since 2014, and currently presents the programme alongside Piers and Ben Shephard.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV at 6am
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