GOOD Morning Britain’s Adil Ray took a savage swipe at Michael Gove after their heated on-air clash today.

Anchor Adil, 50, was left furious when MP Michael, 56, repeatedly referred to him as Susanna Reid’s “colleague” during the appearance.

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GMB’s Adil Ray took a savage swipe at Michael Gove on-air todayCredit: ITV
The politician spoke via video link about the Conservative election campaign, despite not standing as an MP, with the pair butting heads over education and schools.

When the interview came to a conclusion, Adil jumped in, saying: “Her colleague’s name is Adil. Nice to meet you, Michael.

“Thank you for joining us this morning. Good luck with the fight, although you’re not standing yourself.”

Show fans were left on the back foot after tuning in to see Adil make his surprise comeback yesterday.

ITV viewers confessed they “weren’t expecting” the straight-talking star’s return as he fronted Thursday’s episode alongside Susanna.

Adil has often acted as a stand-in anchor during holiday periods and on Fridays, following former ITV favourite Ben Shephard’s departure from the early morning series.

He was regularly seen presenting with Kate Garraway, 56, in the final episode of the week.

Yet after he took a two-week break back in April – and was replaced by Rob Rinder – the Citizen Khan star hadn’t been seen on GMB much at all.

Fans tuning in when the show started at 6am were left taken aback, with one writing: “Adil Ray? Ffs, wasn’t expecting that.”

Another referenced the show line-up and put: “Jonathan gets a freebie to Tenerife, Laura gets a freebie to Ascot and Susanna says ‘good morning’ to Adil. I’m out!”

‘Wasn’t expecting that’ say GMB fans as presenter makes shock return alongside Susanna Reid in host shake up
A third then referred to the pair’s interview with the Hardest Geezer and celebrated: “Great to see Adil back @adilray I’ll run a mile with you.”

ALL CHANGE

Regular Thursday host Ed Balls yesterday announced he would be absent from the show for “weeks.”

It came after a hectic episode for Ed on Wednesday, where he left Susanna gobsmacked when he swatted a fly live on air.

After the antics, in a message on Instagram, the former Labour shadow chancellor wrote: “That’s me done for a week or so, handing over to Adil and Rob.

“I’m back for the final General Election week – see you soon.”

We previously told how Ed will lead the GMB coverage on Friday, July 5, as the UK General Election results start to roll in.

ADIL’S SPOT

Adil became a regular face on GMB earlier in the year straight after Ben’s departure for This Morning.

In a message on X at the time, he wrote: “Back with you from April 12 peeps, and for quite a few Fridays until September.”

He added: “FriRays they’re all calling it.

“Well one person did. That’ll do.”

This suggests Adil will be appearing on the show much more through the summer months.

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Adil make his surprise comeback to the show yesterdayCredit: Rex

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Ed Balls told how he would be absent for Thursday’s epsiodeCredit: Rex

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