Broadcaster Kate Garraway was pulled off air mid-broadcast on September 14, 2026, after losing her voice while presenting Good Morning Britain alongside Susanna Reid.
Broadcaster Pulls Off Air After Voice Fails During Live Broadcast
Kate Garraway sparked health concerns among viewers moments after going live on the ITV morning programme. Despite the dramatic change in her voice, she insisted to viewers that she felt no pain and remained in good health. According to the Daily Express, she opened her broadcast segment by offering an immediate apology to the audience.
“I must apologise to you, I’m so sorry,” Garraway stated on air, as reported by the Daily Express. “I’m in absolutely no pain; I don’t feel unwell, but I talked way too much last week. So it’s a little bit like the news is being brought to you by Barry White this morning. So I hope it doesn’t impede your understanding of the important stories we have.”
Co-Stars Joke About National Television Awards Singing
As her vocal strain became a running joke throughout the morning, co-hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls playfully interrogated Garraway about the root cause of her raspy delivery. According to the Daily Express, Reid suggested the vocal loss stemmed from energetic singing at the previous week’s National Television Awards.
During the ceremony, Garraway joined her fellow Celebrity Traitors cast members on stage to belt out “I Know Him So Well” as a tribute to special recognition award recipient Alan Carr. Co-host Ed Balls also floated the possibility of “excessive Saturday night karaoke,” a claim Garraway promptly dismissed.
“I was talking and singing last week! I lost my voice on Friday and Saturday night,” Garraway explained, according to the Daily Express. “Aled Jones now wants to do a Christmas album with me, and I think, maybe, this is the result of that terror. I don’t know.”
Faye Barker Steps In as Replacement
After attempting to soldier through the program, Garraway was ultimately taken off air to rest her vocal cords. Journalist Faye Barker stepped in to temporarily take her place alongside Reid to read the morning news updates. Meteorologist Laura Tobin also chimed in during the broadcast, advising Garraway to drink hot water to soothe her throat, while colleague John Swain joked about fetching a cough sweet upon his return from Glasgow later that day.
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