90s TV legend takes swipe at Good Morning Britain host for ‘finishing her sentences’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Helen Lederer pointed out Ed Balls kept jumping on Good Morning Britain (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Absolutely Fabulous actress Helen Lederer hit out politely at Ed Balls during an interview on Good Morning Britain.

Helen, 69, was discussing her recent guest role on Coronation Street playing a love interest for Ken Barlow (William Roache) and memoir but the former politician kept interjecting.

Noticing her answers were being cut short, the French and Saunders star told him: ‘You keep finishing my sentences, which is good because I’m probably being quite slow.’

On X, viewers had secondhand embarrassment for Ed, 57, after Helen scolded him, with one viewer branding the moment ‘awkward.’

@courtneynew14 cringed: ‘Balls wishing the ground would swallow him up right now, how awkward is this interview.’

Echoing their sentiment, @Kazwags commented: ‘I hope I look as good as her when I’m 69. Good on her for telling Ed to stop finishing her sentences. Love Helen Lederer.’

@Christia1theon1, meanwhile, saw the humour in the situation and called the exchange ‘funny.’

During the interview, Helen said:I’m glad you liked the memoir but I’m hoping I might go back but, um..’

GMB presenter Susanna Reid interjected: ‘Coronation Street?’

Referencing her character’s romantic liaison with Ken, Ed also interrupted with: ‘For a second date?

She politely remarked that Ed kept finishing her sentences (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Ed had been probing about whether she would appear on Corrie for a second time (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Helen has also written a memoir about her career (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Helen continued: ‘For a second date and follow through in a casual way as an older person but I…’

Ed jumped in, saying: ‘Back to his apartment?’

Helen responded: ‘Yes. you keep finishing my sentences, which is good because I’m probably being quite slow.

‘But what I find is when you want a job you don’t get it but when you don’t look – it’s like when I met my second husband – when you stop looking you bump into them immediately because you’re not looking. So that’s when the call came for Corrie.

Helen appeared on Corrie as a love interest for Ken Barlow (Picture: ITV)

Helen shot to fame after appearing on shows like Ab Fab (Picture: BBC)

Ab Fab fans will recognise Helen as Catriona, an employee of the magazine studio where Patsy and Magda work.

She starred as the oblivious employee in 14 episodes from 1992-2012 alongside Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley.

Helen has some high-profile programmes on her CV including a role in Casualty, Hollyoaks, the Horrid Henry movie, and the CBeebies show Old Jack’s Boat.

She’s been closely aligned to French and Saunders throughout her career, starting out at the Comedy Store where the pair were regulars and she stared in the long-running comedy skit show French And Saunders.

On reality TV, she entered Celebrity Big Brother as a housemate in 2017 and was evicted after 22 days.

The late Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding eventually won the series, with Amelia Lily coming in second place.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV.

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