BBC Breakfast’s Steph McGovern confronts Dan Walker over what’s between his legs
THERE was laughter on the BBC Breakfast sofa this morning when Steph McGovern was distracted by something between colleague Dan Walker’s legs.
BBC presenter Dan Walker confronted over pen
The business correspondent, who was on the programme alongside Dan and Louise Minchin, had been talking about Tata Steel when she admitted she had been “distracted”.
“Can I ask a question?” she asked. “Did you have a pen between your knee throughout that? Is that where you keep your pen?”
While the camera angle gave the impression that Dan’s groin area was the point of focus, it was in fact his knee.
As Louise laughed, Dan admitted: “Do you know what? You’ve done amazingly well to notice that.
Dan's legs were the subject of laughter on BBC Breakfast
The hosts giggled over Dan's unusual pen spot
You’ve done amazingly well to notice that
“I’m conscious that sometimes I hold a pen, so I thought I’d sneak it in there.”
“There we go, a little fact I didn’t know about you,” Steph replied dryly.
Louise giggled: “I never noticed, Steph!”
Dan took to Twitter to joke about the moment, writing: “That @stephbreakfast has given away my secret pen holding area #PenKneeForYourThoughts.”
Interesting place to keep a pen, Dan...
Steph had been talking about Tata Steel when she was 'distracted'
Earlier this week there had been high humour on the show when a dog, who appeared to help mark the Queen’s 90th birthday, urinated on the sofa, leaving a mark.
Last week, sports reporter Mike Bushell had a nightmare when he dropped water all over his trousers and then found out he had earlier ripped them.
BBC Breakfast airs from Monday-Saturday at 6am on BBC One.