EXCLUSIVE: BBC Breakfast star Jon Kay has fessed up to Daily Star about a couple of studio blunders and one of them left him rather red-faced (or shall we say egg-faced)
It doesn’t always go to plan for Jon Kay over at BBC Breakfast.
The 55-year-old presenter became a full-time host of BBC Breakfast back in July 2022 and has become a firm favourite with viewers ever since. He took over from past host Dan Walker, who quit the show after six years and moved to Channel 5.
He now hosts Breakfast from 6am until 9.30am every Monday to Wednesday with his co-host and pal Sally Nugent, who apparently is on hand to save the day if Jon ever gets food on his face. Jon spoke exclusively to Daily Star at the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards, where Breakfast won the News Coverage award for special on the Post Office scandal.
Even BAFTA-winning broadcasters suffer the odd blunder from time to time. Asked about any scrapes behind the scenes, Jon admitted: “Only the other day we were about to go back to the headlines at eight o’clock.
“With two seconds to spare, Sally said to me ‘You’ve got egg on your beard’, and I had to wipe away a good chunk of omelette. Luckily she did say that!”
Another (more unfortunate) wardrobe gaffe came when he realised his fliers were undone in the studio while reading the news. It seems Sally wasn’t able to save him from that one.
“Two weeks before that I realised that my flies were undone when I was standing reading the news.” He quipped: “So every morning is a roller-coaster, but both were rectified.”
Jon also opened up about how long he plans to stay on the red sofa, and it seems like he has no plans on leaving anytime soon as he loves his job.
Asked how long he sees himself hosting Breakfast, he replied: “I’ve no idea. All I know is I’m not doing it tomorrow! I’ve got tomorrow off after this.”
He added: “I love it, I’ve been doing it, what, two year, Sunday night? I seriously love getting up every morning and doing it.”
It’s well known that BBC Breakfast presenters have to get up shockingly early in the morning to ensure they’re in the studio in time for the 6am broadcast. Dan Walker used to set an alarm for a haunting 3.01am to ensure he was at the studio on time.
Jon has said that he keeps himself perky by sipping up to five cups of coffee during his hosting slots. He reckons he won’t cut down anytime soon, telling viewers: “I’ve gone so far with coffee that I think I would sleep less and feel worse if I didn’t have it,”
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