This Morning's Ruth and Eamonn take a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant to task as she bungles 'easy' TV question

THIS Morning's Ruth and Eamonn criticised a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant after she messed up an 'easy' TV question.

The presenting duo welcomed Laura Gallagher on the show to talk about fluffing her lines on the ITV gameshow.

The popular daytime TV programme played a clip which showed Jeremy Clarkson ask Laura: "Which of these ITV daytime shows was first broadcast in 1998?"

The options included Dickinson's Real Deal, GMTV, Loose Women and This Morning.

Laura, who ended up walking away with £1000, decided to play 50/50 and was left two options, and chose GMTV, which was incorrect and the answer was in fact This Morning.

Realising it was wrong, a stunned Laura yelped "What?!", which saw Ruth, 60, and Eamonn, 60, mimic her reaction.

Eamonn then said to Laura: "Laura we're simply asking you, pitty you didn't phone me for phone a friend."

Laura joked: "I know, you were on the list."

Reflecting on her tough question, Laura added: "You know what, I was kinda prepared to go home with £1000 anyway I was always gonna gamble, it's a pity it was so early on.

"It was the year I was born so I don't feel too awful."

Ruth and Eamonn returned to their usual presenting slot of every Friday after the return of Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby from their summer break last week.

Last Friday, former Sky News presenter Eamonn, had to tell Denise Welch to "calm down" during a tense debate rant about coronavirus 'scaremongering'.

The 62-year-old star, who was shouting at times during the debate, said the Government had been frightening people as she expressed some questionable views.

The actress, appearing via video-link from Portugal, insisted: "I've never felt so passionate about anything in my life."

The intense conversation rumbled on and Denise interjected when Eamonn described as not being "extremely right-wing", to which he responded: "I'm only using your quote back at you, right? Just calm down, right?"

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