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Richard Madeley sparked fresh fears for his health just minutes into Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning Britain.
It hasn’t been a great week for the host after the 69-year-old revealed an agonising injury just minutes into Monday’s episode of the ITV show, before sparking renewed concerns days later.
Susanna Reid, 54, shared her worries over her co-host’s health at the start of Wednesday’s episode of GMB.
She said: ‘Good morning Britain!’
Susanna then turned to Richard and said: ‘I’m a bit concerned we might lose you through the programme…’
A croaky-voiced Richard pointed at his throat and asked: ‘This thing? I think it’ll get stronger throughout the programme.
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Richard Madeley has sparked MORE fears for his health just minutes into Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain
Hi co-host Susanna Reid (pictured) admitted ‘I’m concerned we’ll lose you’ as he spoke with a croaky voice
‘That’s my prediction.’
Susanna giggled away and continued with the rest of the headlines.
Earlier this week Richard opened up about his recent injury as he displayed a cast on his arm under his suit.
Right at the start of the show, Susanna said: ‘Richard… you better explain.’
‘I thought you were going to say, “Did you have a good break?”‘, he replied.
The camera then zoomed in on his arm and Susanna pointed out: ‘That looks sore!’
Richard confirmed: ‘Yeah it is a double fracture of the wrist. I was walking quite quickly down a steep pavement, in France actually, on Friday.
‘It was loose and it flipped up.
Richard confirmed that he had a double fracture of the wrist while chatting with co-host Susanna at the start of the show The telly host said: ‘I’m not discussing the pain threshold. We don’t think about pain’
The telly host said: ‘I’m not discussing the pain threshold. We don’t think about pain’
‘It flipped me forward and I thought…”Am I going to win or is gravity going to win?”
‘Gravity won. I hit the ground hard.
‘I’ve got a double fracture…
‘We’ll see how it goes.’
Susanna asked: ‘Is it sore at the moment?’
Richard replied: ‘I’m not discussing the pain threshold. We don’t think about pain.’
It comes after last month it was revealed that Richard reportedly faced the axe from Good Morning Britain amid ITV’s ‘bloodbath’ as the channel makes sweeping cuts to its daytime programming.
The broadcaster, who is reportedly paid a whopping £300K a year, was said to be left furious but managed to negotiate a new part time contract with bosses, which would see his hours and pay significant cut.
Meanwhile according to the The Sun that Lorraine Kelly, 65, whose own show has been cut down to 30 minutes, was ‘asked to retire’ but she declined, opting instead to see out her reported £500K contact before leaving ITV for good at the end of next year.
A source told the publication: ‘This one has really rocked the ITV corridors because Richard is such a big name and a legend of daytime telly.
‘On Wednesday, word started to spread he’d been axed.’
‘But, by Friday, it became apparent Richard had a meeting with the network’s most senior bosses and he’s now being kept on in a more part-time role.
‘He’s got himself back on the show — but his hours are significantly cut.’
MailOnline have contacted Richard Madeley and Lorraine Kelly’s reps and ITV for comment.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
