Ben Shephard was in the firing line on Friday’s Good Morning Britain, as presenter Piers Morgan made a quip about his height.
On Thursday’s show, Piers, 55, revealed his mum had complained about the camera angles on the show, which made it appear as though Susanna Reid was the same height as her co-star.
Bringing the subject up again this morning, Susanna pointed out she appeared even taller than Piers before the doctored camera angles.
Referencing their height difference, she joked: “Your mum won’t be happy this morning.”
However, Piers then took the opportunity to poke fun at his colleague Ben, suggesting his own seat had been adjusted to correspond with the Tipping Point star’s height.
Piers made an unnecessary jibe about his co-star Ben Shephard’s height (Image: ITV)
He quipped: “That’s not right. They’re putting me on Ben Shephard height.”
Susanna looked surprised by the cheeky jibe, as she watched Piers adjust his seat, asking: “Is that better?
‘Do you feel your alpha male superiority is restored?”
While Piers is said to measure at slightly over six feet, Ben is thought to be five foot ten and a half – a subject he has spoken about before.
Piers was quick to make a jibe about his co-star Ben Shephard’s height on today’s show (Image: ITV)
Piers then went on to suggest that Ben was too short to “swagger” successfully, insisting only tall people were capable of a strong swagger.
Piers isn’t the only ITV star to poke fun at Ben’s height – back in 2016, Kate Garraway revealed one her co-star’s tricks to appear taller on the show.
Taking to Twitter, Kate shared a snap of Ben perched on a stack of pillows, boosting his height before the cameras.
She joked: “Just call him “2 cushion Ben”!
“@Benshephard ‘s secret trick to get extra inches over @Susannareid100 !!! @GMB.”
Proving he loves a good joke, Ben responded in good humour, saying: “I’ll take all the extra inches I can get secret or not! #2cushions.”
Good Morning Britain airs on weekdays at 6am on ITV.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
