BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty takes sly swipe at BBC co-star as she replaces host

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Naga Munchetty took a cheeky swipe at her co-star Rick Edwards when she stepped in to present a Radio 5 show with him.BBC Breakfast star Naga fronts her own Radio 5 show, but she filled in for her BBC colleague Rachel Burden on Monday (February 21) - who was absent.Naga normally presents her Radio 5 show Monday to Wednesday at 11am, but she took the reigns on Rachel's Live Breakfast show alongside Rick Edwards.Naga didn't miss an opportunity to tease Rick on Twitter before she sat in for Rachel, though, and she joked that her colleague Rick "may regret" inviting her on this week.Speaking to her 265,000 followers, she wrote: "n your ears a little earlier today @bbc5live from 0600-0900 with @rickedwards1 letting me share the Breakfast studio with him..."Naga added: "Will he regret it?"Naga's fans loved the cheeky comment and rushed to comment on the BBC star's post.One fan wrote: "Well it would be an honour to work with a nice lady like you Naga."A second quipped: "He'll be sorry."A third said: "He'd be silly if he did!"A fourth added: "I missed [the show] this morning."Speaking on her new slot, Naga said she'd be stepping for Rachel over the next few days.She started off: "Good morning to you.

Rick, hello. This is a new thing."Rick replied:" This is exciting, right?", to which Naga replied: "It is. Rachel is letting me keep her seat warm."Rick said: "Yes, very kindly," before joking: "She doesn't give up that seat without a fight, let me tell you."He added: "We had to drag her out."Naga joked: "It was ugly but we managed it."Munchetty started presenting on Radio 5 in January last year - replacing Emma Barnett who moved over to Radio 4's Woman's Hour.Naga also filled in for Adam Fleming on his BBC news podcast Newscast -.