Lorraine Kelly praises GMB's Susanna Reid after 'hilarious' Boris Johnson snub

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Lorraine Kelly has showered her ITV friend Susanna Reid with the highest praise after her interview with Boris Johnson – even if it turned a little awkward at the end.

The moment from Good Morning Britain, which aired earlier this week, went viral after Boris seemingly had no idea who Lorraine was.

Speaking exclusively to Daily Star at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall, the 62-year-old said politicians like Boris "underestimate" shows like hers – and the Daily Star."I think you get a lot more from people with sugar and vinegar, as my granny used to say, and you can disarm people," she told us."A lot of politicians tend to underestimate newspapers like Daily Star or shows like mine, that’s fine, they can do that, because then you can go in with the killer question and they’re taken aback."Lorraine added: "If you look for an example of a perfect political interview, it was Susanna with Boris Johnson."She was brilliant, so well briefed, absolutely incisive and he didn’t quite know what to do."And speaking of the closing moments of the interview, in which Susanna wrapped things up as Lorraine's show was about to start, the ITV Daytime host had a giggle.Lorraine said: "Wasn’t that hilarious.

Why should he know who I am? I thought it was hilarious."I thought people’s reactions were great."I think he looked as if he thought I was coming in."But it’s fine, he should not be watching, he should be running the country, we don’t expect him to be watching Daytime."Lorraine is known for bringing the fun to ITV Daytime, but she's not afraid of a hard-hitting interview either, or putting the work in to get those golden television moments.She told us: "It's so strange, you do need to do your.