Why did MP Heidi hide her legs from Pesto?

PREENING Robert Peston knows the benefit of a flattering camera angle — and so does Heidi Alexander, a guest on the floppy-haired ITV political editor’s most recent Sunday morning politics show.

I’m told the curvaceous Labour MP, who came on last weekend’s show to discuss her resignation from Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet that morning, said she would only be interviewed by Peston if she was filmed from the waist up. Usually, guests are filmed in full-length, sitting beside Peston at the desk. But a Westminster insider tells me that Alexander made ITV News bosses agree that her legs would not be shown on camera.

Judging by the footage of the interview, which keeps Alexander’s lower limbs out of shot throughout, ITV bosses were happy to agree to the former shadow health secretary’s strange request — as shown in our picture (right).

‘It’s usual for guests to state that they won’t be interviewed alongside anyone else,’ says the source. ‘But

this was a new one for the Peston team.’

ITV declined to comment on the reason for the Lewisham East MP’s unusual presentation on the show.

Alexander’s aide said: ‘I won’t be making any comment on that.’

However, her TV appearance follows friends’ concerns for Alexander, after media speculation about her weight. At the time, Alexander, 41, claimed she was unaffected by the scrutiny.

she said: ‘My own weight has been remarked upon by some in the media. A lot of my friends think this is something that really upsets me. The truth is, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest.’

But could the Lewisham East MP be more sensitive than she’s letting on? Earlier this year, she tweeted about her efforts to shed pounds on the treadmill.

‘Listening to Cameron talk about regenerating London’s housing estates leads to me running markedly faster in the gym,’ she tweeted.