It’s a dog’s life for actress on Eamonn’s show
Vera star left red-faced by her amorous pet on live TV
THIS Morning viewers were left in hysterics when Brenda Blethyn was rudely interrupted by her dog during the programme’s live broadcast.
The Vera star had been on the couch speaking to Belfast-born host Eamonn Holmes and his wife Ruth Langsford with her new dog Jack by her side, but at the end of the interview the pet jumped on her arm.
Blethyn, Langsford and Holmes were unable to contain their laughter and, a few moments later, amarous cockapoo Jack took hold of her leg as he tried again while the 71-year-old actress walked off the set.
She asked: “Was that on television?”
ITV news reporter Gary Burgess was among those tweeting their amusement over the unfortunate canine incident. He wrote: “No. You weren’t imagining it. That re- ally was national treasure Brenda Blethyn being h**ped by her dog live on @thismorning just now ...”
Other viewers shared their joy over the live TV debacle, with one writing: “After a rather sombre morning, the dog trying to h**p Brenda Blethyn during and after her interview on #ThisMorning has cheered me up no end.”
One said: “Trying to explain to a five-year-old what Jack is doing to Brenda on #thismorning ‘He’s cuddling her darling’.”
Earlier in the episode, Blethyn said that Jack was her first ever dog, and that she and her husband got him because of her being away working on crime drama Vera for so much of the year.
She said: “I don’t know how we’d managed for so long without one. They bring such a lot of joy.”
Blethyn returns as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in the ITV programme on Sunday for the eighth series.