A breakfast television presenter has admitted the BBC should not have trusted ‘clumsy old me’ after a breakage while presenting from the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.

Jon Kay fronted the show surrounded by fragile, glass-blown pieces of art, but appeared to have stepped on some equipment off-screen.

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He said: “I tempted fate because a few moments ago I said they shouldn’t have trusted me, clumsy old me, in the National Glass Centre.

“And as I stood here waiting to talk to you just now, we’ve just had a breakage.”

He held up two broken pieces of plastic for viewers at home.

He added: “The good news: it’s not glass and it doesn’t belong to the National Glass Centre.”

“It belongs to the BBC, it’s part of our prop down there.

“I’ll stick it in my pocket and we’ll try and fix it a bit later.”

The Northern Echo: BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay speaks to residents in Sunderland BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay speaks to residents in Sunderland (Image: BBC)

BBC Breakfast aired from the National Glass Centre and spoke to Wearside residents about the stark rise in the cost of living.

Jon said: “We do have glass-blowers on-site, so our sign might end up looking rather more ornate.”

The presenter said the BBC was broadcasting from Sunderland as part of their Tackling it Together series.

Presenters are talking to people from across the country about how the cost of living crisis has affected them.

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