Dan Walker Twitter: BBC Breakfast host responds after being told ‘he's not the worst'
DAN WALKER, who presents BBC Breakfast, responded to a Twitter fan on Twitter who said he’s not the “worst” on the morning show.
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Dan Walker, 42, who co-hosts BBC Breakfast with Louise Minchin, 50,
One person wrote on Twitter: “I don't have a type as such, but if you'd get up in the morning, click on iplayer, and watch #bbcbreakfast from the start? Forget it.”
A user replied: “Only if @mrdanwalker is on.”
“Is that the skinny fella? The original Tweeter commented.
I might put that on my CV
“Aye quite tall as well, the Football Focus man,” they responded.
To which the perosn said: “He's not the worst on there granted.”
Dan replied: “I might put that on my CV,” alongside a laughing, crying emoji.
Meanwhile, Dan spent time playing squash with a world champion yesterday, and appeared to soon regret it.
The BBC presenter uploaded a picture of himself with Nick Matthew after their match.
Dan joked he had been “humiliated” by the squash player but said it was a “learning curve”.
champion and all-round lovely man @nickmatthew at @Hallamshire.
“I think he was playing at about 3% #LearningCurve.”
Dan followed up his tweet with another to correct his spelling.
He said: “‘completely’. I’m so exhausted I can’t type.
“Lovely to spend some time in the presence of sporting greatness.”
One person replied to Dan’s post: “It's an eye opener playing any sport with the best - makes you realise just how good you need to be to reach the top. And how far off it most of us are.”
Dan responded by sharing a story about how he once got injured playing football against Alan Shearer.
The star commented: “Exactly. I played football against @alanshearer once and he elbowed me in the neck and made me realise I was largely useless (in a nice way).
“Same playing golf with the pros. Love watching and learning.”
BBC Breakfast continues tomorrow on BBC One at 6am.