Naga Munchetty couldn’t resist taking aim at fellow presenter Rav Wilding for his inability to perform a basic household chore. Munchetty and her co-host Charlie Stayt were chatting to Morning Live hosts Gethin Jones and Michelle Ackerley about what was coming up on the show later in the day. Jones revealed they would be discussing a recent study, which found that 62 per cent of people don’t know “how to work a washing machine”. He then pointed out that their co-presenter Wilding was one of those people. Munchetty chipped in to remark: “I mean, Rav, that is nothing to be proud of. Seriously, man.”Wilding burst out laughing and spread his hands, protesting: “It's the compartments - where do things go? It's a little bit challenging.”Naga Munchetty couldn’t resist teasing Rav Wilding on BBC Breakfast on Thursday BBCStayt interjected, “Rav, let me help you. The washing goes in the...” and Munchetty added, “The round bit,” miming the shape of the washing machine.She went on sarcastically: “It goes in the big round bit. And then you have the little square window that you can pour some stuff in. Or there's a little ball, you can throw it in.” Ackerley quipped, “Do you want to come in, Naga, and join us for the item?” to which she replied in a deadpan tone: “If he doesn't know by now, I don't think three minutes is going to help.” Jones then joked that Wilding had washed the T-shirt of TV carpenter Rob Bent, who was on the show as a guest.Wilding admitted he doesn’t know how to work a washing machine BBC”Look how that turned out!” Jones quipped, pointing out that Bent’s T-shirt was a brown colour.Munchetty laughed, declaring: “It was white to begin with!”Read MoreShe announced in July that she is quitting BBC Breakfast after 17 years on the show and moving to BBC Radio 5 Live in January.The decision comes after she was reportedly placed under review last summer following complaints of bullying over a three-year period.Munchetty (pictured with co-host Charlie Stayt) mimed putting laundry in the machine BBCThere is reportedly uproar over the fact that she will be allowed to present three days in the Salford studio near Manchester, and two days a week from London near her Hertfordshire home.Her prospective co-presenter will be expected to do five days a week in Salford.The BBC has defended Munchetty, stating: “Appointments into any presenting role are made on merit and in line with the BBC’s standard processes.“We reject any suggestion that different standards have been applied in this instance.”
Naga Munchetty roasts presenter over basic 'failure' on BBC Breakfast
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