A GOOD Morning Britain host has admitted that he snubbed the PM debate to watch Love Island on his phone.
Ed Balls was joined by Charlotte Hawkins to host the ITV news programme on Tuesday morning when he made the shock admission about his evening viewing.
Former politician Ed, 55, revealed he is a fan of the ITV2 dating show and regularly gives his opinion on the previous night's events.
However, he shocked his co-star Charlotte, 47, when he admitted he switched his focus from the Tory leadership debate last night.
It saw Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss go head-to-head in a debate in Stoke-on-Trent in the race for leadership this autumn.
Ed admitted that he couldn't choose between the two programmes as the debate aired at the same time as Love Island.
READ MORE ON GMB
GMB host forced to step in after guest described how he killed his wife
Good Morning Britain star Ed Balls in fiery on-air bust-up with guest
The host admitted there was a "moment" where he decided to watch them both at once – streaming Love Island on his phone.
He joked that he had to "stop" watching the leadership debate as he couldn't believe what he was witnessing on screen.
"After all this training with this earpiece, I can now watch Love Island," Ed admitted of his simultaneous watching.
"There was a moment when they started playing the recorder and I had to stop watching the debate because it was just too distracting."
Most read in TV
ATACK THE BLOKE 
Emily Atack secretly dating former Big Brother contestant
I lost weight on Love Island and barely ate in the villa – the food was s**t
New Countdown host revealed after Anne Robinson exit & they're a familiar face
I was on Love Island this year and hated what producers made us do, says Jay
"The talent show, there wasn't a lot of talent on the show… at moments," he concluded of last night's episode.
It comes after Ed suffered a very awkward clash with Richard Arnold on Good Morning Britain last week, leaving Ranvir Singh in shock.
The pair were joined by showbiz editor Richard during a chat about the drama unfolding in hit ITV2 show Love Island.
After they appeared to ignore Richard the conversation turned to the explosie Movie Night episode which saw the Love Islanders watching clips of what their partners got up to in Casa Amor.
Finally Ranvir turned to Richard and said: "What is going on on Love Island, from your point of view, what is being exposed?"
He snapped: "Well I’ll bring you up to speed if you’ll let me and I’ll bring you up with the nitty gritty of it."
Read More on The Sun
Netflix makes huge change to subscriptions after Apple switches up app rules
Bride tries to make her own wedding cake to cut costs& people think it’s ugly
Love Island superfan Ed wanted to get a word in too, saying: "Movie night was not a good night for the boys was it?"
He he tried to talk again Richard cut him off, saying: "Can we crack on with it? I’ll speak if you let me. Thanks."
Source: Read Full Article