Kate Garraway understandably celebrated the launch of her debut book on Thursday night with a bit of a knees-up.
So turning up for work the following day on ITV’s Good Morning Britain was a tad painful, for both herself and her co-star Ben Shephard.
The duo admitted to being a bit “blurry eyed” as they clocked on at 6am for the daily programme, hours after toasting Kate’s book The Joy Of Big Knickers: (Or Learning To Love The Rest Of Your Life).
Ben told viewers: “We are all a little bit blurry eyed here on the desk this morning. So bear with us. Lots of coffee flowing.”
Kate added: “We had quite a night last night didn’t we? I had a little bit of a bash.
“I will tell you about Ben Shephard’s ‘responsible’ drinking later.”
The two then joked with each other about how much they had had to drink, with neither owning up to drinking as much as their co-star claimed.
Also feeling the effects of a late night well spent was GMB’s Charlotte Hawkins.
Morning – it's Friday, me @CharlotteHawkns + @kategarraway bit dusty after Kate's #BigKnickers launch. @GMB pic.twitter.com/VOewwZf2uF
— Ben Shephard (@benshephard) March 10, 2017
During the crack-of-dawn broadcast, Ben tweeted a snap of the trio looking tired as he wrote they were “a bit dusty”.Kate retweeted the post and added that today’s episode of GMB would be “sponsored by the caffeine industry!!!”.
Yes today's @GMB sponsored by the caffeine industry!!! https://t.co/lkWBJjvjcl
— Kate Garraway (@kategarraway) March 10, 2017
Kate’s star-studded bash for her first book – a light-hearted look at life now she is approaching 50 – was attended by her GMB co-star Piers Morgan and Holby City actress Tina Hobley, who revealed she was running late herself on Friday morning.She tweeted Kate: “Late for school run cos head in @kategarraway new fabulously funny book #bigknickers @SmoothRadio you clever thing!”The broadcaster-turned-author replied: “Oops detention for you from the school but a gold star from me!! #bigknickers @SmoothRadio.”
Late for school run cos head in @kategarraway new fabulously funny book #bigknickers ????@SmoothRadio you clever thing!
— Tina Hobley (@TinaHobley) March 10, 2017
Oops detention for you from the school but a gold star from me!! #bigknickers @SmoothRadio https://t.co/ZhhJYEmn8d
— Kate Garraway (@kategarraway) March 10, 2017
The best bit about the event? When Kate made Ben and Piers wear a pair of gigantic pants for a photo.
Not sure @piersmorgan & @benshephard fully share my Joy in #BigKnickers ! – they'll grow on u boys. Maybe 2's a crowd?!#sweetrevenge @GMB pic.twitter.com/NaNIdFxjET
— Kate Garraway (@kategarraway) March 10, 2017