Phillip Schofield couldn’t resist taking a swipe at Kay Burley after she breached Covid guidelines to have a good time her sixtieth birthday.
On as we speak’s This Morning, Phillip and Holly Willoughby spoke to recommendation columnist Deidre Sanders as they opened the telephone strains for steering round Christmas.
Nevertheless, Burley’s slip up was quickly introduced into the fold as she’s pulled from her job at Sky News till not less than 2021.
With government guidelines limiting families to three households this festive season, Deidre admitted she’d already spoken to individuals who have determined to disregard the foundations for an enormous celebration.
With one individual telling her they had been planning to have ‘16 folks over’, Phillip instantly joked: ‘It’s not Kay Burley, is it?’
Reporter Burley apologised on Monday for ‘inadvertently breaking tier two guidelines’ whereas out together with her associates this weekend.
Kay Burley has been faraway from her function on Sky Information (Image: Sky)
She was notably absent from her position on Tuesday morning, and can proceed to be so till subsequent 12 months.
The journalist defined to her Twitter followers that she had spent Saturday evening at a ‘Covid-compliant restaurant’ in London, earlier than flouting the foundations by utilizing a bathroom in one other venue whereas ready for a taxi dwelling.
In line with stories, Kay went to the Century Membership in Soho to mark the event in a bunch of 10 that included three of her Sky colleagues, who’re additionally now going to be pulled from air.
Phillip made the joke on as we speak’s episode (Image: Rex)
Kay’s celebration sat at two tables earlier than occurring to a close-by restaurant.
A smaller group of 4 then returned to her dwelling to proceed the celebrations.
A spokesperson for Sky Information stated: ‘We place the best significance on complying with the federal government tips on Covid, and we anticipate all our folks to conform.
‘We had been dissatisfied to study {that a} small variety of Sky Information workers might have engaged in exercise that breached the rules.
‘Though this befell at a social occasion in private time, we anticipate all our folks to comply with the foundations which can be in place for everybody. An inside course of is beneath option to assessment the conduct of the folks concerned.’
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
