{"id":38243,"date":"2025-04-21T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38243\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:57:13","slug":"gmb-host-forced-into-hasty-outfit-change-as-mark-of-respect-to-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38243\/","title":{"rendered":"GMB host forced into hasty outfit change as mark of respect to Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Morning Britain<\/a>\u00a0Ranvir Singh<\/a>\u00a0was forced into a very hasty outfit change as a mark of respect to Pope Francis<\/a> after his death on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lorraine, hosted by Christine Lampard<\/a>, was cut short for ITV<\/a> to report on the breaking news<\/a> that Pope Francis had passed away aged 88.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Traitors star Harry Clark, Christine said: ‘Harry, I’m sorry, we’re just going to interrupt you just for a moment, interestingly we’re talking about pilgrimage as well and faith and belief.<\/p>\n

‘We’ve just been told there is breaking news in the last few minutes from the Vatican. We are going to head back to Richard and Ranvir at Good Morning Britain.’<\/p>\n

The programme switched back over to Good Morning Britain where hosts Richard Madeley<\/a> and Ranvir Singh<\/a> delivered the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Christine, thank you so much. As you say, we do have some breaking news from Rome,’ Ranvir said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Good <\/p>\n

Good Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh was forced into a very hasty outfit change as a mark of respect to Pope Francis after his death on Monday<\/p>\n

\"Lorraine, <\/p>\n

Lorraine, hosted by Christine Lampard , was cut short for ITV to report on the breaking news that Pope Francis had passed away aged 88\u00a0 – Ranvir pictured before the announcement\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The Vatican has just announced the death of Pope Francis.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ranvir had originally worn a white dress with bright fruit patterns on it.<\/p>\n

During the breaking news report, the presenter changed into a dark suit jacket over her original outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many viewers noticed the outfit change and some called it ‘unprofessional’.<\/p>\n

One posted to X: ‘Very unprofessional. Would’ve been better if you’d just gone to the ITV newsroom rather than GMB, and see Ranvir in a clearly ill fitting jacket loaned to her by Richard. Especially with such breaking news.’<\/p>\n

‘They put ranvir in one of Richards suit jackets to read the pope has died bit on @gmb.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Bit OTT making Ranvir wear a black jacket #gmb.’<\/p>\n

‘Who’s blazer is Ranvir Singh wearing while announcing the death of The Pope on @GMB looks a bit big for her. #ThePope.’<\/p>\n

‘Has ranvir borrowed one of richards jackets to report this?’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"Many <\/p>\n

Many viewers noticed the outfit change and some called it ‘unprofessional’, sharing their views on social media<\/p>\n

‘Bigger news is where did Ranvir find that jacket.’<\/p>\n

After the coverage, Ranvir said, ‘Well that’s our breaking news and that’s it from us for now, we will hand you back to Christine.’<\/p>\n

Christine then continued her conversation with Traitors winner Harry Clark who had been discussing his role on the BBC’s Pilgrimage before the show was paused.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis had died aged 88.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Pontiff spent his final weeks in hospital with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Conclave – where cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor – will not happen for at least 15 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Francis’s body will lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica during an official mourning period, and then – in contrast to most of his predecessors – he will be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome’s Esquilino neighbourhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Francis just yesterday greeted Catholic faithful who had gathered to see him at St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n

He delivered his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ benediction from a balcony overlooking the square following mass to mark the high holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis had died aged 88\u00a0<\/p>\n

On his way to the basilica, Francis met briefly with US Vice President JD Vance, who was spending Easter in Rome with his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Vatican said the encounter was ‘brief’ and lasted a few minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Francis became the first pope from outside Europe in 1,300 years when he was chosen to replace the retiring Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

Despite several previous health issues and reduced mobility caused in part by his advancing years and expanding waistline, Francis had kept up a busy schedule until his final weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lorraine airs weekdays on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good Morning Britain\u00a0Ranvir Singh\u00a0was forced into a very hasty outfit change as a mark of respect to Pope…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[21859,92,77,6364,208,21858,10794,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-38243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-christine-lampard","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-good-morning-britain","12":"tag-itv","13":"tag-ranvir-singh","14":"tag-richard-madeley","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114375835308824376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38243","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=38243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}