Luke Littler in awkward Good Morning Britain blunder as presenter forced to help
04.01.2024 - 12:45
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Darts player Luke Littler may have been a bit bleary-eyed when he appeared on Good Morning Britain the morning after making history as the world's youngest PDC World Darts Championship finalist. And so he will very much be forgiven for suffering a bit of a blunder during his first appearance on the ITV news programme.
The new household name appeared live in the GMB studio to chat to hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard just hours after the 16-year-old, from Warrington, lost his chance at a world title in a tense match against Luke Humphries on Wednesday night (January 3).
His appearance on the programme was teased all morning and as his interviewer got closer the camera cut to the darts player who was just backstage at the live ITV studio. However, as Luke started walking towards where the show was broadcasting live, he seemed to get slightly lost.
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As he started to walk, Susanna said: “We’ll put a smile back on your face Luke, don’t worry," before Ben suddenly realised: "He’s gone the wrong way!"
Competition host Andi Peters, who was in the studio, could be heard giving an audible laugh before Ben explained: “It was the other door, Andi’s going to go and try to rescue him.” Susanna told viewers Luke had made his way into the green room and the camera cut to Andi heading over to the teen before waving him in his direction.
Susanna commented: "Our competition genius Andi bringing him into the studio." When Luke eventually entered the studio a couple of moments later, Ben and Susanna cheered and clapped as