The Instagram team at Good Morning Britain made lighthearted fun of their replacement presenter Richard Madeley's paler shade this afternoon with a hilarious last week and this week comparison:
Comments were quick to pour in including one comparing him to Donald Trump and another to the late Dale Winton. Such was the social media buzz that it was trending on Twitter and had been dubbed 'Tan Gate'. Of his change of hue, Richard explained that he had just returned from France and had accidentally applied fake tan as opposed to aftershave balm...
This is Richard's second of three weeks filling in for Piers Morgan, who is on an extended Easter break in America. The former Daily Mirror editor let his 554,000 Instagram followers know with a beach selfie and the caption: 'Good Morning California! (Posted with zero apologies to everyone freezing back in Britain..)'.
Madeley is no stranger to morning TV having presented This Morning alongside his wife Judy Finnigan from its inception in 1988 until 2001. It appears he was fond of a tan then too...
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan on This Morning by REX via HuffPost UK
