Former goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis was left gobsmacked after a rather cheeky comment from BBC Breakfast host Charlie Stayt.
Charlie and his co-host Victoria Valentine were speaking to the former Liverpool and Everton player, and current pundit, Rachel, 43, as excitement grew for England’s Lionesses’ latest match in the Women’s World Cup.
Rachel was speaking live from Sydney but as the conversation drew to a close, Charlie, 61, teased her over an unseen moment.
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He said: “Our Breakfast viewers wouldn’t have seen it, but just before you came on-air the sprinklers were on, weren’t they?
“And sadly you didn’t get wet, you were just slightly out of range. I saw that.”
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Stunned, Rachel hit back: “Sadly? How cruel is that, seriously!”
She went on: “I’ve got this sort of aura, this forcefield around me, so it’s never gonna touch me.”
Back in the studio, Charlie said: “Rachel, enjoy the game. I know you will. It’s going to be very exciting.”
Charlie was hosting on Saturday (August 12) with Victoria, who is set to go on a break from the morning series.
She announced this week that she would be taking some time away from the red sofa as she gave an update on her life.
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Victoria said: “I wanted to let you in on something I’ve been thinking about and working towards for some time now. I am taking a little bit of a break from broadcasting and from the BBC in order to explore something new.
“So I – at the grand old age of 39 – going back to university. I am enrolled in a full time masters course, psychological sciences which I’ve kind of sold to my parents as a bit of neuroscience with some thinking and feeling stuff attached to it.”
She said that, if all went well, she would go on to do a doctorate, adding: “Perhaps four years from now you’ll be looking at Dr Valentine.”
BBC Breakfast airs daily at 6am on BBC One
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