Richard Madeley whips out a crusty roll from his bag as he tucks into a bowl of soup during boozy pub lunch
Yet Richard Madeley proved he knows how to stretch the pennies as he brought his own bread roll along for a pub lunch at the Duke of York in London on Tuesday.
The presenter, 69, had ordered a bowl of soup for the occasion and a large glass of rosé to accompany his side.
He was casually clad for the al fresco lunch in a plain white T-shirt and continued to support a wrist strap after suffering a painful injury last month.
Richard opened up about his ailment during an appearance on GMB as he revealed he fell over on holiday.
As Susanna Reid pointed out his wrist guard and remarked it looked 'sore', Richard explained: 'It is a double fracture of the wrist. I was walking quite quickly down a steep pavement, in France actually.'
ichard Madeley proved he knows how to stretch the pennies as he brought his own bread roll along for a pub lunch at the Duke of York in London on Tuesday
The presenter, 69, had ordered a bowl of soup for the occasion and a large glass of rosé to accompany his side
Richard continued: 'It was loose and it flipped up. It flipped me forward and I thought... "Am I going to win or is gravity going to win?"
'Gravity won. I hit the ground hard. I've got a double fracture. We'll see how it goes.'
Susanna asked: 'Is it sore at the moment?'
To which Richard replied: 'I'm not discussing the pain threshold. We don't think about pain.'
This wasn't the end of Richard's health woes as he then suffered through another show days later with a sore threat.
Opening the show, Susanna quipped: 'I'm a bit concerned we might lose you through the programme...'
A croaky-voiced Richard pointed at his throat and asked: 'This thing? I think it'll get stronger throughout the programme. That's my prediction.'
In May, it was claimed Richard reportedly faced the axe from Good Morning Britain amid ITV's 'bloodbath' as the channel makes sweeping cuts to its daytime programming.
The broadcaster, who is reportedly paid a whopping £300K a year, was said to be left furious but managed to negotiate a new part time contract with bosses, which would see his hours and pay significant cut.
Meanwhile, according to the The Sun, Lorraine Kelly, 65, whose own show has been cut down to 30 minutes, was 'asked to retire' but she declined, opting instead to see out her reported £500K contact before leaving ITV for good at the end of next year.
A source told the publication: 'This one has really rocked the ITV corridors because Richard is such a big name and a legend of daytime telly.
'On Wednesday, word started to spread he'd been axed. But, by Friday, it became apparent Richard had a meeting with the network's most senior bosses and he's now being kept on in a more part-time role.
'He's got himself back on the show — but his hours are significantly cut.'
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