Think it’s fair to say Dermot O’Leary’s heart wasn’t in This Morning’s Valentine’s Day sex toy special segment

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1. This is actually very funny. To me, he looked like he thought this was not at all suitable for daytime television. Maybe thinking about the implications to his career or wondering if the segment was going to get cut off at any moment. 

2. Poor Dermot, looks absolutely mortified.

3. That was brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

4. Isn’t he super religious? Might not be his cup of tea

5. Why would they have this on TV in the morning?

6. This actually made me like him more, the guy was SUFFERING

7. Looks like Alison was very into it though!

8. *panics in OFCOM*

9. Did anyone else get Tim from The Office vibes?

10. He’s probably disappointed that he didn’t see any fleshlights.

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12. Thanks OP that was brilliant haha I’m with Dermot though. Weird shit to be on TV on a morning

13. Looks like Tim in The Office

14. This morning has been trash for a very long time haha why was this on morning TV haha

15. Tbf I feel for him, wonder how many complaints they got that day.

    He probably communicated it was a bad idea

16. I can understand his discomfort, I mean, on daytime tv what is he supposed to say about a clitoral stimulator that wouldn’t sound weird and awkward 😅

    Toys aren’t for everyone, and not everyone has to feel the same way about talking about them especially if they have no personal interest in them.

    I find This Morning unbearably cringe at the best of times, so Dermot visibly cringing is entirely relatable 😅

17. What a weird segment to put on a breakfast show.

18. Rumour has it he was reading his employment contract at the start of the clip

19. Vapid shite

20. Anyone think it’s a terrible look for This Morning to be trying to push this boundary?

    I’m all for sex positivity but it’s perfectly reasonable to think this isn’t entirely suitable for morning television.

    Given that their presenter has recently been booted for grooming a minor I don’t particularly think parading sex toys in front of an audience which they know is likely to involve children. Parents who would reasonably not expect to have to watch out for sex toys on morning TV.

    If men at work were talking like this and a female colleague felt uncomfortable, HR would likely have something to say.

    I’m not even prudish, I just don’t see why they thought this was a good idea.

21. This is hilarious 🤣 😆 good on him for sticking with it!

22. God bizzare, on a breakfast show?? Did they show male toys?

23. Jeez dunno if I’m getting old or becoming a prude, but I’m really struggling to justify this being appropriate for early morning TV?

24. Yeah, nah.

    I’m not a prude and I’m all for these products, but this is not the time or the place.

25. Accidental partridge ha

26. This exemplifies “There’s a time and place for everything”; it’s not salacious nor offensive but just plain vulgarity. If there was a sex doll for men or a fleshlight, it’s be perceived as degeneracy.

27. The way he was paging through his script at the beginning, I wonder if this wasn’t added to the AutoCue at the last moment.

28. Urgh nooooo

29. This may be the funniest piece of TV I’ve seen in years. He’s thinking ‘when the Ofcom investigation happens, I need to be unenthusiastic.’

30. This is like when Alan Partridge had to anchor a piece on women’s fashion. Except Alan is a consummate professional, and at least made a genuine attempt to look engaged.

31. What’s art about that?

32. Mad puritan vibes in this thread.

33. This is hilarious and I do feel for Dermot but he needs to fire his stylist. That top is doing nothing for him.

34. The thought of Allison Hammond naked makes me sick

35. This is what our world has become where not just one, but a group of people think this is a good idea for morning TV… they even ask at the start to send young children out of the room? lol

    The world has gone sex mad, if you’re not using apparatus or exploring the realms of debauchery YOU’RE considered the “weird” one… and it’s evident by the simple fact that a bunch of people thought this was okay.

36. /r/WatchPeopleDieInside

37. Dermot looks awkward at times + thinking “why are we talking about sex toys on daytime TV?” 😅

38. Poor bloke

39. I can’t imagine a woman presenter having to hear about men’s wanking technique would be any more comfortable.

40. bro turned into jim halpert🤣🤣🤣🤣

41. We live in a clown world

42. Allison Hammond might be top two. And she ain’t two

43. This was a great super cut, just needs Harry hill commenting on it at the end and would have been a classic TV burp moment

44. UK TV is becoming so degenerated