Telly host Ben Shephard has revealed that he presented Good Morning Britain while in a haze because of strong painkillers.
And the star, 43, said that his co-host Kate Garraway had to step in when he started talking without realising it.
Ben said: “What was interesting was doing the show after I did my back and I did a couple of shows on some very heavy painkillers.
“And those were shows that were quite surreal – you can imagine, it was a bit of daze.
“Kate Garraway had to turn round and tell me to be quiet.
“She said, ‘Shush’. And I said, ‘Did I say that out loud?’ and she said, ‘Yeah’. I was taking tramadol which numbed the pain brilliantly.
“But I quickly decided I wanted to deal with this in a conscious way, and not be out of it. So I came off the pills.”
Ben suffered a slipped disc while giving a mate a boozy bear hug and has since had two operations. He said: “I am falling apart. I had a very middle-aged injury. It was shocking.
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“It wasn’t like a big moment. I wasn’t jumping around, misbehaving or being very childish or anything.
“I had literally been to the pub with a friend and said goodbye to him
and walked away – and my back just went. I think I was overly affectionate with my hug goodbye maybe.
“He went one way, I went the other way, and that was it – it went!”
Sporty Ben is a Soccer Aid regular and took part in an ultra-triathlon – cycling, running and swimming 210 miles. But in recent years he has also broken an elbow and torn ligaments.
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