Good Morning Britain fans know just how close presenters Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway are, with the Tipping Point being a pillar of strength for his pal as her husband Derek fought coronavirus.
The pair also used to live very close to each other, and would often go round each other’s houses for a cup of tea and a catch up while working on breakfast TV together.
But Ben previously opened up about an embarrassing encounter the pair both had, which Ben managed to keep secret for a whopping 20 years.
He spoke about the experience on GMB last year, revealing it came about when he cycled over to her house, where he realised he could see her walking around her basement from above.
Kate and Ben have been friends for decades, after first meeting on breakfast TV (Image: ITV)
Ben said: “I’d invited myself over for a cup of tea like I often did as she wasn’t usually keen as she had to tidy up.
“Kate had obviously gone home and had a sleep. Suddenly someone nude walked into the kitchen and I looked up and it was Kate. And she was topless.
“I kind of stopped. I was transfixed.”
Ben revealed how mortified he was at the time, saying he did not want to move in case she looked up and saw him, as he was too embarrassed to explain.
Ben revealed they used to live very closely to each other back in the day (Image: Daily star)
He told the Sunday Mirror last year: “I sort of froze, panicked… walked away really embarrassed.
“It became a thing in my head… I couldn’t tell her.”
When confused Kate asked when he was coming over, nervous Ben claimed he had “just got a bit tied up.”
Ben later revealed everything radio presenter Chris Moyles on a podcast after having a few drinks, and quickly came clean to Kate before she heard about it from anyone else.
Ben revealed he saw his friend naked in her home, and didn’t tell her for 20 years (Image: Daily star)
Kate said: “He was sweating buckets.
“The idea he’s seen me naked all this time and I never knew…we’re like brother and sister. I’m so glad it was before I had kids.”
Ben confessed what happened on GMB with Kate joking he was “paralysed,” while Susanna told him: “I think what you mean to say is ‘I looked away to preserve her dignity’.”
The pair started working together on GMTV when Ben hosted the Entertainment Today segment, while Kate was a main presenter on the breakfast TV show.
Ben eventually came clean about what he saw, but luckily Kate found it hilarious (Image: ITV)
Ben and Kate, who are both happily married, have been friends for decades, and have been presenting the show together while Susanna and Piers Morgan have a summer break.
Today, the pair announced that Ben would be leaving the morning news show, as Ben revealed he was returning to filming for Tipping Point, and wouldn’t have time for both.
He said today: “We’re about to hit peak Tipping Point! Tipping Point series 11 and we’re all back in the studio, back socially distanced.
“I think I might do it with Andi [Peters] because he’s doing Lorraine in a couple of weeks. But the set’s had to change in order to get everybody up and running.
“I’m not going to be here but I’m going to be working, Kate Garraway! I know you think I’ve got my feet up and trotters up down in the south of France!”
GMB continues tomorrow at 6am on ITV.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
