JOE HART has revealed the bizarre way he prepares for his punditry role on Match of The Day.
Hart – a two-time Premier League winner with Manchester City – moved into TV work after retiring in 2024.
The keeper worked for the BBC at Euro 2024 and received attention from viewers for his perfect posture as he gave analysis from pitchside.
During an appearance as a guest on Stick to Cricket, former England captain Michael Vaughan asked Hart about his unusual TV preparation.
Vaughan asked: “Is that right that on Match of the Day on a Saturday or Sunday, you sit on the floor all day?”
Hart, 38, responded: “Yeah, it took me a while to do it because you have to kind of act like you are normal for a bit and then everyone gets your personality.
“I did it in the summer when I started straight away in the Euros doing the radio, we were in like compact rooms and I just plonked on the floor because it is where I am at my comfiest and where I can relax.”
David Lloyd then asked Hart: “Nothing to do with you having a bad back or anything?”
Hart responded: “A little bit, but just from young if I was at home and we had like sofas in the front room and watching TV, I would always go on the floor. I still do it to this day.”
Hart – capped 75 times for England – explained his posture after it became a talking point amongst fans.
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He told the BBC: “I’ve got a long thoracic [vertebrae] and to look after that I have to sit big and strong.
I like being tall, I like being proud, I like feeling strong so that’s how I see it. That’s just what I do.
“I understand in the modern generation you can get slumped, but as soon as I feel slumped I don’t like it, I feel disgusting.
“I like to stand big and tall, sit big and tall, it makes me feel confident.”
