Overview
- On Thursday morning, BBC Breakfast hosts Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty shared an awkward exchange during a segment on a new artwork by David Shrigley.
- The feature highlighted Shrigley’s installation of ten tonnes of discarded rope, reported as being offered for £1 million, and his description of it as a piece about exhausted purpose.
- After Stayt said he liked the work and floated getting a version for the studio, Munchetty replied, “I hate to agree with you, but I do,” prompting a brief silence.
- A directive in the presenters’ earpieces then rejected the idea, with Stayt telling viewers, “Apparently that’s not gone down well, so, no we’re not going to do that, our director’s just said.”
- The programme also reported the death of Baroness Helen Newlove and noted UK economic growth of 0.1% for the three months to September.