During Monday’s (August 18) edition of the hit ITV<\/a> programme, Adil and his co-host Kate Garraway<\/a> updated viewers on the latest news from across the UK and around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n They were joined in the studio by Sean Fletcher, who delivered the rest of the day’s news, while Laura Tobin presented regular weather forecasts live from Kew Gardens.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the show, Kate and Adil interviewed reality TV star Joey Essex about his upcoming boxing<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n The 35-year-old, who shot to fame on The Only Way is Essex<\/a>, will take on Portuguese influencer Numeiro for his first fight next week.<\/p>\n Speaking about his move into boxing, Joey said on GMB: “I honestly feel very confident… This was always going to happen, this was destiny. This is something that I was always going to do regardless.”<\/p>\n However, the chat quickly became awkward when Adil jokingly called Joey a “baked bean” after Joey used the term as an insult to his upcoming opponent.<\/p>\n “You look a bit like a baked bean to be honest, mate!” Adil laughed, with a confused Joey asking: “Do I?”<\/p>\n Adil then said: “No, no, I didn’t mean it! No, no, no, no. You look great, mate.”<\/p>\n The tension continued when Joey confessed to being ready for his fight two weeks ago, with Adil quickly interjecting: “Hang on a minute. You can’t just go out of Pure Gym straight into a boxing ring!”<\/p>\n That’s not all, as at the end of the interview, Adil asked if Joey was set to receive \u00a31 million for participating in the boxing match.<\/p>\n “No comment,” Joey replied, with Adil concluding: “It is then, isn’t it? It’s worth it.”<\/p>\n After watching the interview, legions of GMB<\/a> fans took to X (formerly Twitter<\/a>) to share their discomfort.<\/p>\n “Car crash interview. Adil seriously needs to never be on TV again,” one person wrote, with another adding: “I’ve just watched the worst interview ever recorded on TV. Adil Ray trying to be funny and belittling Joey Essex. Cringe.”<\/p>\n A third said: “How awkward is this interview with Joey Essex. Literally the interview has gone down south,” while another similarly shared: “Got no words right now. Really awkward to watch.”<\/p>\n A fifth fan echoed the sentiment, saying: “Joey Essex is p***** off. Adil overstepped the mark, that was an uncomfortable interview!”<\/p>\n Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 6am<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good Morning Britain host Adil Ray shocked fans while interviewing Joey Essex on Monday 08:21, 18 Aug 2025Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,6364,4884,208,58161,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-353670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-good-morning-britain","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-itv","15":"tag-joey-essex","16":"tag-northern-ireland","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115048667312499318","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Good](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_Screenshot-3970.png\")
Joey Essex appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Good](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4_Screenshot-3974.png\")
ITV fans were left uncomfortable during the interview(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n