BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker, 42, and his co-star Louise Minchin, 50, were asked their thoughts about being on air the same time as Good Morning Britain every weekday morning. Dan said: “We’re confident we’ve got a really good programme, and we know that people love it and are passionate to be part of it, be on it, and to watch it. And I think that answers anything that comes from anyone else. They [Good Morning Britain] have gone in one direction, and we are where we’ve always been without shoving anything in anyone’s face.”
I do love a desperate bid for a retweet.
Dan Walker
“And I don’t think we’re ‘Ha ha, look at us’, ever about it, we feel privileged and thankful to be in that position where people trust us in the morning," Dan continued.
Louise also added: “We know lots and lots of people watch us, over six million every day and that is brilliant but we just don’t need to post tweets about it.”
Piers later shared a snap of Dan’s quotes from The Mirror newspaper in view of his 6.5 million followers on Twitter.
He wrote: “[Crying with laughter emojis] Says the guy who literally posts charts every time I remind him we’re closing the breakfast TV ratings gap faster than he puts his halo on in the morning. @mrdanwalker.”
Dan then branded Piers’ tweet “desperate” in a light-hearted reply in view of his 557,000 followers.
He commented: “I do love a desperate bid for a retweet. I think we are due a new sofa in 2025 [crying with laughter emojis].”
Dan Walker: BBC Breakfast host called Piers Morgan
