Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins had a moment of awkward silence as they teamed up for the latest Good Morning
Britain broadcast. The pair fronted the show on Monday (April 1) amid changes to the presenting line-up over the Easter holiday. It may not have passed some by that Easter Monday this year also marks April Fools Day - but it seemed to momentarily slip Richard and Charlotte's minds when they were pranked live on air. Charlotte was seen trying on a pearl necklace that were said to have been owned by late
Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. During the segment, guest Jane, who was in charge of the seemingly historic piece of jewellery, said: "I need to ask you not to touch the pearls." READ MORE: New Real Housewives of Cheshire star's Manchester takeaway love story and what she wants viewers to see this series Join our
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BREAKING News group by clicking this link Charlotte laughed and went: "Ooh yes okay," as Jane continued: "That was once around Marilyn Monroe's chops." Richard then joked: "It would be awful if they unthreaded." But suddenly, the necklace snapped and the pearls went flying everywhere, with Charlotte clearly panicked: "Richard! You made that happen!" she shot at her co-star was left visibly surprised as his mouth hung open. Charlotte then said: "Can I just confirm you've got that on camera - I was not touching it at the time!" Richard then said: "I don't believe that happened..." He didn't seem convinced it was real and thought Charlotte was playing an April Fools prank on him, but she was adamant she wasn't involved. Charlotte was left catching the pearls As she requested a pause while she gathered up the loose pearls, Richard went to head to a break before he halted the show and said: "Oh, we have some breaking news. Marverine you have some news for us." She then turned to the camera and said in a serious manner: "We have some breaking news to inform you. "Just to inform you that the pearl necklace that we've had in the studio is completely worthless. Jane our curator is a brilliant
Actress and you've all been April fooled!" Richard then laughed and said: "I literally said, 'Wouldn't it be weird if it unthreaded?'" while Charlotte shared a sigh of relief before admitting it wasn't ok to prank your work colleagues ahead of a debate on the subject.