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Susanna Reid was forced to pull out of presenting Good Morning Britain due to losing her voice after the National Television Awards 2023.<\/p>\n
Charlotte Hawkins, 48, instead filled in for Susanna, 52, alongside Ed Balls, 56, in a last-minute change on Wednesday\u2019s episode of the ITV news programme.<\/p>\n
Susanna had travelled to the GMB studios but decided at the eleventh hour not to appear and instead spoke from her dressing where she explained she didn\u2019t want to \u2018inflict\u2019 her voice on viewers for three hours.<\/p>\n
The broadcaster attended the NTAs on Tuesday evening but said her croaky voice was a mystery as she was the first person to leave and doesn\u2019t drink or smoke.<\/p>\n
GMB began with Charlotte announcing: \u2018This is a bit of an unscheduled appearance for me this morning.\u2019<\/p>\n
Ed explained he arrived at ITV studio at his usual time of 4.30am but didn\u2019t immediately suspect a problem as he walked past Susanna, who was in her dressing room, in her white dressing gown, getting ready.<\/p>\n
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Charlotte interjected: \u2018You saw Susanna there but we couldn\u2019t hear her.\u2019<\/p>\n
Ed agreed she was \u2018croaky\u2019 before they spoke to Susanna from her dressing room and asked how she was doing.<\/p>\n
Cackling with laughter and sounding rather ill, Susanna replied: \u2018I\u2019m fine, I just can\u2019t speak.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Asked how she had lost her voice, a very croaky Susanna responded: \u2018I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know if it was the heatwave inflaming my vocal cords?<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s funny because it was the NTAs last night and when I got in my cab to leave the driver said, \u201cYou\u2019re the very first person to leave the NTAs. You\u2019re obviously not partying.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u2018And of course, I don\u2019t drink, I don\u2019t smoke. So there\u2019s absolutely no reason I can understand. But I\u2019ve completely lost my voice.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Charlotte branded Susanna losing her voice \u2018ironic\u2019 given that she\u2019s sober and exited the NTAs early.<\/p>\n
Susanna went on to apologise to viewers for being forced to skip GMB, saying: \u2018Thank you Charlotte for stepping in. I did not want to inflict this on our wonderful viewers for a whole three hours.\u2019<\/p>\n
Get well soon, Susanna.<\/p>\n
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