BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty was back on the famous red sofa on Saturday morning alongside co-star Charlie Stayt. However, the show wasn’t without its issues, and the host was forced to apologise to viewers.
The popular weekend show suffered some technical difficulties during the latest live broadcast on Saturday, August 30.
They had been conducting an important video interview with Enver Solomon, the CEO of the Refugee Council, when the show encountered technical difficulties.
Certain points of Naga’s on-air exchange with Enver were extremely tricky to understand after the video-link connection appeared to break down in places.
Concluding the interview, Naga said, “Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Camp, thank you very much. ” She further stated, ” Apologies for the sound quality of that connection, but I think we got most of what Enver Solomon was trying to say.”
BBC Breakfast sparked backlash on Saturday, with many branding a particular interview “awkward.” Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt spoke with farmer Josh Warren and his daughter Faye from their farm in Draycott, where they discussed the impact the weather has had on their pumpkin patch.
Josh explained that the pumpkins had grown too fast due to the hot weather and that he needed Halloween to be in September instead of October 31.
Naga kicked off the interview: “How is the harvest, as it looks like you’ve got some healthy specimens in front of you?”
Josh put his hands in the air as he explained: “The pumpkins are very early, too early for Halloween. We need to bring Halloween forward a month, to at least September.”
“Oh, dear,” Naga replied before adding, “So explain what’s been happening? What size should the pumpkins be on this date at the end of August?”
Charlie and Naga on BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC)
As he picked up a large pumpkin, the farmer said, “It should be this colour, not this size. So this should be August.”
Picking up another large orange pumpkin, Josh added, “And they shouldn’t be like that. This should be October.”
“I know this sounds crazy,” he told the hosts. “But I need now no rain because they could by the end of October rot in the field.”
Charlie was quick to chime in and point out: “You’ve got a real problem there.”
Charlie and Naga spoke with farmer Josh and his daughter (Image: BBC)
Farmer Josh is having a tough harvest (Image: BBC)
However, fans were quick to share their thoughts about the interview before it had even ended, with many branding it awkward on social media.
“Wtf is this pumpkin feature. Awkward Interview or what,” one viewer commented.
Someone else joked: “Bet Charlie & Naga are wishing this interview was shorter.”
“Hahahaha, dear lord #bbcbreakfast,” a third said while someone else added: “Cringeworthy pumpkin interview, to be honest.”
Another went on: “Wow, awkward interview lol #bbcbreakfast.”
