Susanna Reid mocks Boris Johnson for hiding in fridge to escape GMB interview

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Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid couldn't help but mock Boris Johnson for the time he hid in a fridge to avoid an interview on the ITV show.

Susanna reminded viewers about the notorious moment the UK Prime Minister dodged questions from the GMB reporter before the 2019 General Election.The dig came as the PM faces another Downing Street controversy.The Tory is currently fighting to save his premiership after it was revealed a "bring your own booze" gathering was held at his official residence during the first coronavirus lockdown.Susanna reminisced: “It was just before the general election back in 2019 and Boris Johnson notoriously does not do interviews with Good Morning Britain,” before a calendar appeared on screen showing it has been a grand total of 1,637 days since the PM appeared on the show.Johnson made an apology in the House of Commons today after attending a party while the rest of the nation was under strict instructions to isolate.Susanna explained that the previous incident took place in the lead up to the general election.Reporter Jonathan Swain had gone to a dairy that Johnson was visiting to ask him a few questions.Jonathan explained as he was stood outside Downing Street: “It’s still etched in my memory.

I think we need to go back up to check that he’s still not in there!“We tried to get him onto the programme didn’t we for months and months and months?

And the only way we could do it was to try and ‘doorstep’ him.“And he gave us assurances, even that morning, saying ‘I’ll be right out, I’ll be right out,’ as he loaded a cart up with milk and then he decided he still didn’t want to come on GMB.”He added: “After all of that, he decided he’d had enough, he decided to go into a fridge and we didn’t